DISINFO: Estonia is a Russophobic country that will die out by 2100
SUMMARY
The Estonian authorities have turned into beggars who make absurd decisions in exchange for the US money. In Estonia, Russophobia is without boundaries. By 2100 at the latest, due to demographic trends, people in Estonia will die out. The country will have fewer people than needed for the state to function.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about socio-economic degradation, Russophobia and lack of sovereignty in the Baltic states. Pro-Kremlin media outlets often discredit the statehood of the Baltic states and their socio-economic and political development as opposed to their alleged well-being under the USSR.
Estonia is a sovereign country which determines its domestic and foreign policies. It is a full-fledged member of the EU and NATO and therefore follows their membership commitments. Estonia and other Baltic states are not Russophobic; rather, these countries have clear security concerns linked to the Russian leadership, its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and aggression towards neighbouring countries. The assessment of Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service of the international security and Estonia 2023 notes that the invasion of Ukraine is a continuation of Russia’s almost nine-year-old aggression against Ukraine and that Russia’s strategic objective − to subjugate Ukraine and thereby decisively reshape European security architecture − has not changed over time.
There are many people across the Baltic republics of ethnic Russian decent who identify themselves with the modern Baltic republics rather than the Putin regime, as several elections illustrate.
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