What is the current status of the Russian population in Estonia compared to 1992?
In 1992, sixty-eight percent of the Estonian population were Estonian citizens. Thirty-two percent had no citizenship. Estonia had 1,54 million inhabitants. Currently, eighty percent of the population are citizens, thirteen percent have no citizenship and the remaining seven percent are citizens of other countries. Only 1,36 million people live in Estonia at present. There are people, whose native language is Russian, who live among Estonian citizens but do not have citizenship, such as Russian ex-military staff with residence permits and other inhabitants with residence or work permits. Their rights and duties are regulated by a law that considers their nationality irrelevant. The Estonian government supports the survival of the cultural identity of minorities, including Russians. We have a special law regulating Russian language based education. Russian cultural associations and Sunday schools are supported on the same principle as other minority associations. In Estonia it is legiti
