Estonia is not a newly
independent country, but an old one reborn.
Unless
you are out to annoy your hosts on purpose, don’t call Estonia a former
Soviet republic. Estonia, like Latvia and Lithuania, was
occupied by the Soviet Union, and illegally annexed. Almost every
Western country refused to recognize this. Pre-war Baltic diplomats,
accredited in Western capitals, were still around in 1991 to greet the
restoration of independence. Estonia is not a newly independent
country, but an old one reborn.
Unless
you are out to annoy your hosts on purpose, don’t call Estonia a former
Soviet republic. Estonia, like Latvia and Lithuania, was
occupied by the Soviet Union, and illegally annexed. Almost every
Western country refused to recognize this. Pre-war Baltic diplomats,
accredited in Western capitals, were still around in 1991 to greet the
restoration of independence. Estonia is not a newly independent
country, but an old one reborn.