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Between 1995 and 2021 Estonian exports to Russia rose an average of 5.75% p.a. with Russian exports rising by an average of 9.31% p.a. in the same period. [123] Decisions taken by Estonia and EU sanctions, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, have reduced the level of trade by 2023, especially imports by Estonia of Russian energy goods.
Territorial issues between Estonia and Russia have clouded Estonia–Russia relations. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union , Estonia had hoped for the return of more than 2,000 square kilometers (770 sq mi) of territory annexed by Russia after World War II in 1945.
The Republic of Estonia gained its independence from the Russian Empire on 24 February 1918 and established diplomatic relations with many countries via membership of the League of Nations. The forcible incorporation of Estonia into the Soviet Union in 1940 was not generally recognised by the international community and the Estonian diplomatic ...
In January 2023, Estonian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mihkel Tamm announced Estonia's intention to seize $21.4 million in Russian assets in Estonia and deliver it to Ukraine. Estonia worked with European Commission on plans to seize Russian assets frozen in the European Union which are estimated to be in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Julia Bali, the editor-in-chief of Raadio 4, said the channel — the largest Russian-speaking radio channel in Estonia — lost 30 percent of its audience after it closely covered Russia’s ...
Russian border guards have removed navigation buoys from the Estonian side of a river separating the two countries, the Baltic nation said on Thursday, adding that it would seek an explanation as ...
Territorial changes of the Baltic states refers to the redrawing of borders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia after 1940. The three republics, formerly autonomous regions within the former Russian Empire and before that of former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and as provinces of the Swedish Empire, gained independence in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Estonia's parliament has approved a proposal allowing the use of frozen Russian assets to pay compensation for war damage in Ukraine. Last week European Union ambassadors agreed to use windfall ...