tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post115766455880675007..comments2023-11-05T09:55:13.077+02:00Comments on Itching for Eestimaa: Bush and the Border TreatyGiustinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1157734362621135962006-09-08T19:52:00.000+03:002006-09-08T19:52:00.000+03:00I cannot resist the thought: Bush senior knows Rüü...I cannot resist the thought: Bush senior knows Rüütel very well. It was their time. Argh, I want Lennart Meri back!Jens-Olafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18304784095687896639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1157722525428308272006-09-08T16:35:00.000+03:002006-09-08T16:35:00.000+03:001994 the Baltics and United States paid a price fo...<I>1994 the Baltics and United States paid a price for the withdrawl of Russian troops. Maybe a simple border treaty is too cheap for them.</I><BR/><BR/>The time is long overdue for them to let go. The border treaty is the last card Russia has to get Estonia to do anything it wants. Once it is signed and over, Russia will have one less avenue for bullying Estonia.Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1157722141598020012006-09-08T16:29:00.000+03:002006-09-08T16:29:00.000+03:00I'm sure it's not like that but the more you get n...<I>I'm sure it's not like that but the more you get news like this, you more you start to think that maybe they don't really want/need/like us. (for example the Euro also was postponed etc)</I><BR/><BR/>The whole EU project is now in 'quiet mode' as businesses like to say. Last year was a really crappy year for the EU project, but, interestingly - most of the crap came from the French and the Dutch.<BR/><BR/>Confidence and decisiveness are lacking.Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1157721350405270772006-09-08T16:15:00.000+03:002006-09-08T16:15:00.000+03:001994 the Baltics and United States paid a price fo...1994 the Baltics and United States paid a price for the withdrawl of Russian troops. Maybe a simple border treaty is too cheap for them. I hope there will be no more secret diplomacy before and during the Bush visit. This reminds of the the year 1994 when Bill Clinton came to visit Riga and the withdrawl of troops started soon afterwards.Jens-Olafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18304784095687896639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1157718408226684172006-09-08T15:26:00.000+03:002006-09-08T15:26:00.000+03:00In other news the expansion of the Schengen visa t...In other news the expansion of the Schengen visa treaty has been postponed from the fall of 2007 to atleast the fall of 2008. I'm sure it's not like that but the more you get news like this, you more you start to think that maybe they don't really want/need/like us. (for example the Euro also was postponed etc)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1157713241596261532006-09-08T14:00:00.000+03:002006-09-08T14:00:00.000+03:00Since Russian parliament lower house (Duma) attach...Since Russian parliament lower house (Duma) attached a declaration to the extention of PCA (agreement between EU and Russia, 2004 giving, among other World-wide important things, free access to Russian markets for EU 10 countries), specifically mentioning in it Latvia and Estonia (guess the topic), I find it, based on principles of severeignty and equality (how is my face control working?) among states, that Estonia has all right to use the same approach to its international agreement with Russia, attaching a statement in ratification law. In plain words - Russia started bitching, we followed. And we don't have territorial claims. The best way to ruin Estonia finantially would be to return Jaanilinn/Petseri to her. With the inhabitants.Estonia in World Media (Rus)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13791711276337826586noreply@blogger.com