Russian Border Town Seeks To Join Estonia

[TomClash]

Source: Radio Free Europe

VANGOROD, Russia -- People in the Russian town of Ivangorod on the border with Estonia have sent a petition to the Russian and Estonian presidents urging them to allow their town to become part of Estonia, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.

Ivangorod City Council Deputy Yury Gordeyev wrote the letter and sent the petitions to Moscow and Tallinn with the signature of some 660 citizens of Ivangorod, which has a population of about 11,000.

Gordeyev told RFE/RL the petition states that since Ivangorod and some other districts along the Russian-Estonian border were part of Estonia 300 years ago, the town should return to Estonian jurisdiction.

Ivangorod is on the eastern bank of the Narva River, just opposite the Estonian city of Narva.

Gordeyev said he has no hope that Russia's border with Estonia will be redrawn in the petitioner's favor. He said the aim of the petition is to draw attention to the town's problems.

Read more: http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Border_Town_Seeks_To_Join_Estonia/2011276.html

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LOL.

[Duckhunter935]

1. Like Russia

will let the people decide, that's rich.

[tabasco]

2. That's probably not going to work out for them

with psychopath dictator Putin in charge.

[pangaia]

3. Boy, that's a kick in Putin's butt..

[House of Roberts]

4. Estonia has a working economy.

I can see why they would prefer the change.

[Benton D Struckcheon]

5. Why? Don't they know all the fascists are the ones who want to be ...

... independent of Russia, by definition? Sheesh.

[Cha]

6. Really. If we've learned nothing on DU..

we've learned that.

[freshwest]

7. Let's take everything back 300 years! Oh, wait, we're doing that here... Never mind...

[uhnope]

8. it cuts both ways, Mr. Putin. Maybe you should never have raised the subject of changing borders

but then your Greater Russia imperialism would have to be cancelled...

[iamthebandfanman]

9. when will estonia

be sending in troops to 'liberate' their ethnic people ??

I mean, they are allowed to now .. right?

[davidpdx]

10. Anyone have the RT link?

*Bueller, Bueller, Bueller*

[Adrahil]

11. In before the usual suspects call them neo-nazis. NT

[Bluenorthwest]

12. They are too busy not commenting on this:

Russian politician orders aides to ‘violently rape’ pregnant journalist at press conference

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11334691

[blackspade]

13. I guess Estonia needs to send in masked gunman to make sure....

there is a referendum?
I mean, right-wing nuts control the Kremlin, so secession is OK, right?

The irony in this story is painful.

[Benton D Struckcheon]

14. Irony? Nah. In this case it would be payback.

I still can't figure out what is left wing about Putin and his boyz, that make a few folks on here want to justify every action he takes.