Global Estonian | Diplomat: Around 20,000 Estonian citizens still reside in Russia
Здание посольства Эстонии в Москве
The newly renovated Estonian Embassy in Moscow.The newly renovated Estonian Embassy in Moscow. Source: KAOS Arhitektid

Diplomat: Around 20,000 Estonian citizens still reside in Russia

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Russia
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Politics

While a large number of Russian citizens would like to get exit visas from that country in the current situation, there are also around 20,000 Estonian citizens resident in the Russian Federation, a diplomat from the Estonian embassy in Moscow says.

The Estonian citizens now have few options for leaving Russia, as EU and other countries have closed off their airspace to all Russian aircraft, however, leaving practically the only Europe-bound destination being Istanbul, via Turkish Airlines, Tarmo Punnik, the embassy's consular director, told ERR, in an interview which follows.

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