Estonia A Global Human Rights Leader With Magnitsky Law
As the world slides into ever greater geopolitical uncertainty, the western world will need to look for moral leadership from unlikely sources. Last week,…
A Pedigree of Repression: Putin’s New Chief-of-Staff
Vladimir Putin has tapped deep into a line of dependable Soviet era nomenklatura, reaching back to the time of Stalin, to appoint his latest…
Trains, Bailouts, Russia and Canada’s “Responsible Conviction”
Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stephane Dion, this week, rejected an all-party Canadian effort to adopt legislation to target Russian human rights violators with…
Welcome To Estonia’s e-Occupation Museum
At a museum press conference earlier this month, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, IT entrepreneur Sten Tamkivi, and museum director Merilin Piipuu announced that the…
Canadian Conservatives Pledge to Adopt Global Magnitsky Legislation and Establish $10 Million Digital Freedom Fund
On Wednesday, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rob Nicholson, announced that if re-elected, the Conservative government will amend Canada’s existing sanctions regime to include…
Controversial YLE Reporter: Estonian Officer Kohver Is A Spy
YLE’s, Tallinn correspondent, Risto Vuorinen, has claimed that Estonian border officer, Eston Kohver, who was abducted by Russian agents from Estonian territory last year…
Rising Fear: The Elimination of Russia’s Activists at Home and Abroad
Timeline of Russian Assassinations Three months after Russian opposition leader, Boris Nemtsov was murdered in Moscow, his colleague and friend, Vladimir Kara-Murza awoke today…
Twisted Muses: Hitler’s and Putin’s Pianists
Fifty years ago, a white haired woman stood on a stage in Bad Godesberg, a small town south of Germany’s Cold War capital, Bonn….
Finnish Newspaper Promotes Anti-Estonian Stereotyping
Finland’s leading daily newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, published an online poll last week, asking readers to suggest and vote on derogatory nicknames for Estonians. Estonian…
Canadian Trans-Atlantic Sauna Dub Comes Home To Tallinn
Inspired by the tranquility of remote lakeside saunas, the ambiance of a northern Ontario forest in summertime and distant Estonian-Nordic culture, Heiki Sillaste has…