Russia criticized Estonia for statelessness on day of human rights protection

On the day of human rights protection, on December 10, the Russian Embassy in Estonia criticized her for refusing to solve the problem of statelessness. According to Russian diploma, this is infringed by a huge number of local residents. Application Published in Telegram.

“The preservation of the institution of statelessness is an anomaly in the XXI century in conditions when sovereign states themselves establish the procedure for the acquisition of citizenship,” Russian diplomats are convinced. They recalled that the presence of a huge number of non-citizens of Estonia also criticizes international organizations for the protection of human rights.

The Institute of Statelessness officially exists in Estonia and since the declaration of independence in 1991. Such status receives persons consisting in citizenship of the USSR and not received any citizenship after its decay. They are subject to a ban on civil service, language assimilation, civil rights defeat and persecution for attempts to express and promote alternative points of view on political issues. Estonia has retained status non-citizens for a significant part of the Russian-speaking population.

/Media reports.