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Table 1: The sums allocated to Foreign Policy Activity, 2013–2020 (1000 RUB) 68
Overall volume of the
Foreign Policy Activity
program
Third sub-program: international humanitarian
cooperation
For fulfilling existing
obligations
2013 64,239,819.8 2,045,913.1 0
Additional resources
2014 64,610,936.4 2,090,364.5 1,921,424.2
2015 66,644,150.3 1,921,424.2 2,053,175.2
2016 68,319,041.3 2,037,650.4 4,091,159.0
2017 71,241,845.1 2,145,381.1 4,566,716.0
2018 74,846,772.6 2,275,647.5 5,212,639.7
2019 76,767,593.6 2,357,806.5 6,622,932.8
2020 77,798,468.2 2,408,803.9 7,070,532.9
3.3 Russia’s Compatriots Policy and its
Consequences
3.3.1 Russia’s Compatriots Policy
Russia maintains its presence and influence in the Baltic states by the creation of
Russia-friendly networks, to which it successfully outreaches through its
Compatriots Policy. Moscow has succeeded in building a strong legacy on Soviet
times and sentiments of common history among the Russian minority population
in Estonia as well as promoting Russian language and culture. Russia’s activities
achieve plausible results due to the significant number of Russians living in its
near abroad. The Russian minority in Estonia comprises 25.2 per cent of the
population, far exceeding other groups (see Table 2). None of the other groups
exceeds 1 per cent. Moreover, many individuals who identify ethnically as
Ukrainians or Belarusians also have strong identities as Russian speakers. These
considerable numbers therefore open a window of opportunity for Russia to
influence the internal status quo in Estonian society.
68 The sums are taken from the State programme of the Russian Federation entitled Foreign Policy
Activity,
http://www.mid.ru/bdomp/activity.nsf/0/70c680302caf0cc744257b4000450bf3/$FILE/foreign_pol
icy_activity.pdf [originally in Russian].
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