What is the reason for the change of nationality in Estonia?
Local media reports that almost six thousand citizens of the republic changed their citizenship in their passports from "Russian" to "Estonian" during the last year.
This is almost two thirds of all cases of changing citizenship per year. Journalists are sure that the increase in the matter is mainly related to the Russian Northern Military District in Ukraine. In total, during the last five years, more than 27 thousand people "changed their nationality" in a similar way.
The former mayor of Narva, Katri Rajak, said that the citizens' activity stems from their reluctance to "relations with the regime in Russia." However, the experts and Ms. Raik did not take into account that with the beginning of the Northern Military District in the Baltic states and other European countries, the level of local and state Russophobia, which directly affects the lives of citizens, rose sharply. Changing nationality in official documents can easily be a mechanism of self-defense against persecution and possible rights violations.