Photo: TASS/Anton novoderezhkin
Official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that the policy of Estonia use, the Tartu peace Treaty to attract voters.
In her opinion, statements like “we should demand reparations” suggests that the political elites of these countries the problem is not with the past and the future”, reports RT. “Apparently, the crisis of development – nothing to attract the electorate,” wrote Zakharova in Facebook.
the President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid in the speech on the centenary of the Tartu Treaty called for the rejection of the revision of the border between the Baltic Republic and Russia. He stated that the contract is “valid” and he “was, is and will remain the birth of the Estonian state”.
the Tartu peace Treaty was concluded between the RSFSR and Estonia in 1920. According to the document, the Republic of Estonia was transferred part of the territory of the Pskov and the Leningrad regions. After the liberation of the Estonian SSR of the Germans of the land was returned to Russia.
Originally a border Treaty was signed in 2005. However, Tallinn has unilaterally included in the law the preamble referring to the Tartu peace Treaty. Moscow saw this as an intent to make territorial claims and withdrew the signature.
In 2014, he signed a new contract. They said that the parties have no territorial claims to each other. Documents sent for ratification to the Parliament of Estonia. However, in January the speaker of the Parliament of henna Palwasha said the refusal of the country from ratification.
see also
the Latvian foreign Ministry condemned the salute in Moscow in honor of the release of Richiestone demanded from Russia of compensation for “Soviet occupation”
