The president of Estonia approved the restriction of the right to vote for Russian residents

Estonian President Alar Karris today signed an amendment to the Constitution that prohibits non -European citizens from participating in local elections, a measure that targets the strong Russian minority in the Baltic country. A vast majority of Estonian MPs approved the amendment on March 26, in the wake of increasing security concerns in the country after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. “President Alar Karis published the Law of Amending the Constitution of the Republic of the Republic. Estonia, “the Estonian Presidency said in a statement. The leader of the state signed the amendment despite the reservations he had expressed in the past, and reiterated today his concern for maintaining “the unity of Estonian society”. “It is also very important for people who have lost the right to vote not to think that the state has decided to exclude them from social life or consider them to be a risk to […]
Source: News Beast

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