Language Inquisition: Estonia bans speaking Russian

kalev76 Says:

May 6, 2012 - I am talking about Estonian allowed to be spoken or not at all.

PiretBCN Says:

May 6, 2012 - The last time Estonian was not allowed at schools was during the end of the Russian Empire when there was a massive russification and children were punished for speaking Estonian. During the Soviet Occupation Estonian schools used Estonian but studying Russian was obligatory. Estonian schools also had a different system, i.e. 11 years of secondary education vs 10 years in Russian schools. Education in Estonian saved Estonia in many ways.

MegaAstrodude Says:

May 6, 2012 - Why don't the Russians either leave for Russia or learn Estonian?

PiretBCN Says:

May 6, 2012 - A lot of Russians in Estonia speak Estonian and are loyal citizens. The problem are some old people (people relocated by the Soviet Union were generally not intellectuals, just simple undereducated people sent to work in factories etc) and certain groups with chauvinistic mentality.Relocation was wrong and against the Geneva convention but time has passed and if the objects of such relocation are loyal to Estonia, they can obviously stay. If they speak Estonian, they are already citizens as well

PiretBCN Says:

May 6, 2012 - Russians who live in Estonia and yearn back "the good old times" should find enough basic decency in them to leave of course.

denzelonline Says:

May 7, 2012 - rumal küsimus, olen ikka venelane... mis probleem? venelane eesti passiga, kes tegi Eestile rohkem head kui sina. Keegi ei taha teha vene keelest teise riigi keelt, ma lihtsalt tahan et mind ei sõimaks iga nurga tagant - "jobu, raisk, siga, sibul, tibla" , on see raske mõista?

kalev76 Says:

May 7, 2012 - No kui sa ütled midagi sellist, et venelane tegi Eestile rohkem head kui eestlane, siis ime kah et sind jobuks ja seaks ei sõimata. Söö seda suppi mida sa iseendale keedad.Ülbe raisk.Ma arvan, et asi on pigem sinu endas mitte selles, et sa venelane oled. Kõiki linde ei saa alati ühe kiviga visata. Ma usun et keegi ei tule sulle vastu ning küsi: "Oled sa venelane? Vot siis krdi tibla tõmba siit nahhui!"Pigem oled ikka varem kellegi lihtlabaselt närvi ajanud.

xShotty Says:

May 10, 2012 - lol this is such bullshit.. in estonia if the shop keeper cannot speak estonian they should be fired no shit... RussiaToday is so bullshit... this fake shit that this channel produces is too much

täiesti anonüümne Says:

May 12, 2012 - ma täiesti saan aru su murest ja mul on ausaltöeldes piinlik selliste inimeste pärast kes nii käituvad ja sõimavad, samas usu mind enamus eestlasi siiski pole sellised, lihtsalt see ebameeldivalt käituv vähemus jääb hästi silma.

prodexit Says:

May 13, 2012 - Firstly, People often forget there are only 1million Estonians in the world. Secondly, russians have had been given fifteen years to learn Estonian but they have not, whilst most foreign students learn it by 6 months.

wydog286 Says:

May 14, 2012 - Estonians are so cute :3

BENNYSIEGEL90 Says:

May 14, 2012 - They are lazy. Just like the jews. Its better to parasite on hard working balts rather than get back to Saint Shitsburg where they belong. Balts have no roma people anymore, correct. Didn't the germans kill them all there.

BENNYSIEGEL90 Says:

May 14, 2012 - They lost one million soldiers at the Baltics in WW1, 1919 and 1944 so of course its hard for the losers to admit they are not the leaders there anymore and NEVER will be again.

ThePalnik Says:

May 16, 2012 - Russian is one of the most important languages in the world. I hate communism and russian imperialism, but I DON'T hate russian language.Greetings from Poland.

DeathSetler Says:

May 16, 2012 - We also hate "Great Poland and Finish projects" which were against us. But what interesting is that we could have a one country in the past much much bigger than Russian or British Empire.

DeathSetler Says:

May 16, 2012 - yes lets take every American from USA and send them ALL to their countries. It's not yr land. U just occupied the whole continent. Stalin and Lenin were Jews why u don't blame Georgia or Israel for their crime in our land?

PiretBCN Says:

May 16, 2012 - It's interesting that in its military parades Russia is going more and more towards czarist symbols. I believe that in the Winter War many former Imperial Russian soldiers/officers fought against Stalin. So Russia is now starting to use, according to their own logic, the symbols of "the friends of the nazis"? ha ha

Pivner Says:

May 17, 2012 - Stalin was a hero. Viva La Stalin

HumanityWins Says:

May 17, 2012 - noone wants the fat fagmerican filth. even if they beg

KevinVonKluger Says:

May 18, 2012 - lol, pure faggotry.

KaxiLaxi Says:

May 27, 2012 - it was abou time!

KaxiLaxi Says:

May 27, 2012 - yes estonia do not let russian to be the second language in your country the slavs have allready so many countries who speak slavic dont do that!!!

ProkofievRules Says:

May 28, 2012 - Lol at "soviet authorities never put such restrictions on languages."Uhhhh...okiedoke there bud.

irwenzo Says:

May 28, 2012 - My god how misleading this is. The thing is that all lessons in russian-majority schools are now taught in estonian. This doesn't mean that the russian language is banned. You can speak russian as much as you want.

PiretBCN Says:

May 29, 2012 - You can speak any language you want in Estonia. Estonia encourages its citizens to speak many languages. It's next to impossible to find an Estonian who speaks just one language (maybe there are some very old peasants somewhere in the forest). However there can be only one state language and that's Estonian. There should never be a situation an Estonian can't communicate fully in Estonian while in Estonia.