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| Several institutions have criticized ] of ] of the country's ethnic minorities. | |||
| == Amnesty's report == | |||
| According to a report by ], members of the Russian-speaking minority in Estonia enjoy very limited linguistic and minority rights, and often find themselves de facto excluded from the labour market and educational system.<ref name="amnesty">{{cite web|url=http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/EUR51/002/2006/en/08694661-d3d3-11dd-8743-d305bea2b2c7/eur510022006en.html|title=Document - Estonia: Linguistic minorities in Estonia: Discrimination must end|date=2006|publisher=Amnesty International|accessdate=2009-06-01}}</ref> These policies have led to "disproportionately high levels of unemployment among the Russian-speaking linguistic minority. This in turn has further contributed to social exclusion and vulnerability to other human rights abuses. In consequence, many from this group are effectively impeded from the full enjoyment of their economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights)."<ref name="amnesty"/> | |||
| == Russian point of view == | |||
| A poll conducted in April ], has found that 59% of Russia's residents agree with the statement "Estonian authorities discriminate against Russophones in Estonia and deliberately provoke conflicts with Russia".<ref>Левада-Центр ], ]: </ref> | |||
| == Other institutions== | |||
| The think-tank ], sponsored by the ], published an article in 2005 alleging Latvia and Estonia employ a "sophisticated and extensive policy regime of discrimination" against their respective ] populations<ref>http://www.developmentandtransition.net/index.cfm?module=ActiveWeb&page=WebPage&DocumentID=586</ref> | |||
| == Scholars == | |||
| Finnish legal sociologist and criminologist ] has said that there is "criminal discrimination" of Russians in Estonia, and has likened the situation to the former ] regime of ]..<ref name="backman_rt">{{cite web|url=http://www.russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-05-26/_Estonia_has_an_apartheid_regime_.html?fullstory|title=“Estonia has an apartheid regime”|date=2009-05-26|publisher=Russia Today|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> He has also claimed that Estonia was not occupied by the Soviet Union {{ndash}} instead, Estonia and the Soviet Union made a mutual agreement about military bases in 1935-1940. "After that, Estonia joined the Soviet Union. And after that the Estonian republic ceased to exist. And if something ceased to exist, it of course cannot be occupied by any forces," Bäckman said in May, 2009. "The myth of occupation is a form of hate speech against the Russian population in Estonia. The only purpose of this myth is to accuse Russians of being criminals and murderers. This is racist propaganda against the Russian minority."<ref name="backman_rt"/> | |||
| == Journalists == | |||
| According to veteran German author, journalist and Russia-correspondent ], there is deep disapproval of everything Russian in Estonia. She contends that the alleged level of discrimination regarding ethnic Russians in Estonia would have posed a barrier to acceptance into the EU; however, Western media gave the matter very little attention.<ref name="russland">{{cite book|last=Krone-Schmalz|first=Gabriele|title=Was passiert in Russland?|publisher=F.A. Herbig|location=München|date=2008|edition=4|pages=45-48|chapter=Zweierlei Maß|isbn=9783776625257|language=German}}</ref> | |||
| == References == | |||
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