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Estonian Laws no longer available for Russian speakers

Jan 07, 2009
By Jana Belugina

TALLINN - The Estonian government’s decision to discontinue translation of legal documents and legal acts into the Russian language has angered native Russian speakers in the Baltic country. The unpopular decision, which will deprive about 400,000 people of the possibility to fully understand legislation and their rights as citizens in their native language, has been justified by a state budget shortfall. Three years ago the translation of legal documents from Estonian language was transferr ...

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