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Estonia: Legal assistance agreement with Russia to be terminated

Via BalticaSeptember 15, 2023January 13, 202401 mins

Estonia will terminate a legal assistance agreement with Russia, Justice Minister Kalle Laanet announced, ERR reports. The agreement primarily concerns cases under family and commercial law. Laanet noted that the Russian judicial system was political and untrustworthy. Russia made altogether 240 requests for legal assistance in 2022.

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Estonia: Minister proposes vote ban on Russian, Belarusian citizens

Via BalticaAugust 17, 2023January 13, 202401 mins

Estonia’s Minister of Justice, Kalle Laanet (Reform), has proposed that citizens of “aggressor states” be deprived of the right to vote in local elections in Estonia, ERR reports. The ban would apply to nearly 69,000 Russian and Belarusian citizens who are permanent residents in Estonia. The voter turnout in Estonia’s previous municipal elections in October…

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Estonia: Legal assistance agreement with Russia to be terminated

Estonia: Minister proposes vote ban on Russian, Belarusian citizens