On 06 December 2022, Latvia’s National Electronic Media Council (NEPLP) revoked the broadcasting license of independent Russian news channel TV Rain (Dozhd) over its coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Latvia, a country of fewer than two million people, has a sizeable (around 20 percent according to some estimates) Russian and Russian-speaking population—an enduring legacy […]
As the conflict in eastern Ukraine remains unresolved, refugees from the war-torn communities of the Donbas region are seeking refuge in Estonia. In 2013, Estonia had a population of 23,000 ethnic Ukrainians, comprising the third largest minority group in the country, after Estonians and Russians. In 2014, the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Estonia would grant Ukrainian citizens living in Donetsk and Luhansk free, long-term visas. Since the crisis, the number of Ukrainians seeking refuge in Estonia has increased from 675 in 2013 to 1,659 in 2015, making it the largest foreign group to seek residency in Estonia.
There are about 1,300 Muslim residents out of Tallinn’s population of 435,839. The majority of Estonia’s Muslim population originates from former Soviet states, with the largest group from Tatarstan, Russia. Despite being such a small minority, local Muslims and ethnic Estonians consider the Muslim community well-integrated into Estonian society.