Estonia: Medvedev Signs Law Discriminating Against Indigenous Estonian Minorities

Estonia: Medvedev Signs Law Discriminating Against Indigenous Estonian Minorities   Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed an ordinance on January 9 forbidding foreign nationals and those lacking citizenship of any kind from owning land in regions along the country's international borders, reported setomaa.ee.   The law names 380 border territories, and impacts the Setos and Estonian citizens living in the bordering Pechorsky District of Russia's Pskov Oblast. Indigenous to the region, Setos...

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