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- Estonia Russia Language WEB
- October 25, 2022
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- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: ESTONIA RUSSIA LANGUAGE HEADLINE: Fear of Russia Drives Some in Estonia to Question Integration TEASER: The Kremlin’s escalating attacks on Ukraine arouse new concerns about Estonia’s attempts to integrate Russian speakers. PUBLISHED AT: 10/25/2022 at 9:45am BYLINE: Ricardo Marquina CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Tallinn VIDEOGRAPHER: Ricardo Marquina VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: LR, MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:25 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRO)) [[As Russia escalates its attacks in Ukraine, Estonia looks with concern to the east, to its Russian neighbor, but also within - to itself. With a significant Russian-speaking population, the influence of Russian propaganda through the media – is for many – cause for concern. Marcus Harton narrates this report from Ricardo Marquina in the Estonian capital, Tallinn.]] ((NARRATOR)) The Narva River separates Estonia and Russia, one of the points of contact between NATO and Russia. The city of Narva, like much of the east of the country, is mostly Russian-speaking, and its population maintains close cultural and economic ties with Russia. Narva’s people strive to preserve Russian traditions and culture, but they are very annoyed at any suggestion that they are agents of the Kremlin inside Estonia, a criticism sometimes made by Estonian nationalists. [[RADIO VERSION: Alla Matveeva is director of the Svetogorsk folk dance group.]] ((Alla Matveeva, Svetogorsk Folk Group - WOMAN, IN RUSSIAN )) “We are not (agents) of anyone, how could we be? That is an idea that someone promoted from power, but, in my opinion, the Estonian people are generally very inclusive.” ((NARRATOR)) Estonian authorities have for years warned of Russian expansionism and have considere the Kremlin the greatest threat to the country's sovereignty, long before the start of the invasion of Ukraine, analysts tell us. [[RADIO VERSION: Ivo Juurvee heads the Security and Resilience Program at the International Centre for Defense and Security, a research organization in Tallinn.]] ((Ivo Juurvee, International Centre for Defense and Security – MALE IN ENGLISH - ORIGINAL VOA)) “So far in Estonia there never has been a civil war. From the military point of view, of course, there is only Russia. It is very simple and it has been so simple already since regaining independence in 1991.” ((NARRATOR)) Estonians regard their years as a Soviet republic as years of occupation. The weight of history is even greater now that Estonians see Russia stepping up its attacks on Ukraine. [[RADIO VERSION: Karen Jagodin is director of Tallinn’s Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom, which is dedicated to the periods in which Estonia lived under German Nazi occupation and Soviet rule.]] ((Karen Jagodin, Vabamu Museum – FEMALE IN SPANISH - ORIGINAL VOA)) “I think what has happened now within the last month and with the war going on in Ukraine is that we have started to value the independence and the freedom from a new prospective.” ((NARRATOR)) But after the Soviet collapse and the return of an independent Estonia, the process of integration of the Russian-speaking minority does not seem to have happened. [[RADIO VERSION: That is Jagodin’s view. ]] ((Karen Jagodin, Vabamu Museum – FEMALE IN SPANISH - ORIGINAL VOA)) “This is definitely something that is not a success story in Estonia: the integration. How Russian-speaking communities have been integrated to Estonian society within the last 30 years, and there are very big challenges in that.” ((NARRATOR)) Like in other countries that were under Russian communist rule, language plays an important role in identity and sovereignty. And while Russian is still spoken in much of Estonia, its use is decreasing as more people focus on the Estonian language. [[RADIO VERSION: Anneliis Liblik teaches language and literature at an elementary school in Aegviidu, a rural community in Estonia’ north.]] ((Anneliis Liblik, Schoolteacher – FEMALE IN ESTONIAN - ORIGINAL VOA)) “I think that if I look back, let's say 30 years, when russification was in full swing at the schools, then compared to that Estonian is really being cared for and loved very much here and now.” ((NARRATOR)) And while the children of this village carry on with their Estonian classes, a group of Russian-speaking Ukrainian refugee children from Donetsk, Odessa and Nikolayev rehearse Estonian regional dances, a process of integration into Estonian culture that, curiously, is done in the Russian language. ((For Ricardo Marquina in Tallinn, Estonia, Marcus Harton, VOA News.))
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: ESTONIA RUSSIA LANGUAGE HEADLINE: Fear of Russia Drives Some in Estonia to Question Integration TEASER: The Kremlin’s escalating attacks on Ukraine arouse new concerns about Estonia’s attempts to integrate Russian speakers. PUBLISHED AT: 10/25/2022 at 9:45am BYLINE: Ricardo Marquina CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Tallinn VIDEOGRAPHER: Ricardo Marquina VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: LR, MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:25 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRO)) [[As Russia escalates its attacks in Ukraine, Estonia looks with concern to the east, to its Russian neighbor, but also within - to itself. With a significant Russian-speaking population, the influence of Russian propaganda through the media – is for many – cause for concern. Marcus Harton narrates this report from Ricardo Marquina in the Estonian capital, Tallinn.]] ((NARRATOR)) The Narva River separates Estonia and Russia, one of the points of contact between NATO and Russia. The city of Narva, like much of the east of the country, is mostly Russian-speaking, and its population maintains close cultural and economic ties with Russia. Narva’s people strive to preserve Russian traditions and culture, but they are very annoyed at any suggestion that they are agents of the Kremlin inside Estonia, a criticism sometimes made by Estonian nationalists. [[RADIO VERSION: Alla Matveeva is director of the Svetogorsk folk dance group.]] ((Alla Matveeva, Svetogorsk Folk Group - WOMAN, IN RUSSIAN )) “We are not (agents) of anyone, how could we be? That is an idea that someone promoted from power, but, in my opinion, the Estonian people are generally very inclusive.” ((NARRATOR)) Estonian authorities have for years warned of Russian expansionism and have considere the Kremlin the greatest threat to the country's sovereignty, long before the start of the invasion of Ukraine, analysts tell us. [[RADIO VERSION: Ivo Juurvee heads the Security and Resilience Program at the International Centre for Defense and Security, a research organization in Tallinn.]] ((Ivo Juurvee, International Centre for Defense and Security – MALE IN ENGLISH - ORIGINAL VOA)) “So far in Estonia there never has been a civil war. From the military point of view, of course, there is only Russia. It is very simple and it has been so simple already since regaining independence in 1991.” ((NARRATOR)) Estonians regard their years as a Soviet republic as years of occupation. The weight of history is even greater now that Estonians see Russia stepping up its attacks on Ukraine. [[RADIO VERSION: Karen Jagodin is director of Tallinn’s Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom, which is dedicated to the periods in which Estonia lived under German Nazi occupation and Soviet rule.]] ((Karen Jagodin, Vabamu Museum – FEMALE IN SPANISH - ORIGINAL VOA)) “I think what has happened now within the last month and with the war going on in Ukraine is that we have started to value the independence and the freedom from a new prospective.” ((NARRATOR)) But after the Soviet collapse and the return of an independent Estonia, the process of integration of the Russian-speaking minority does not seem to have happened. [[RADIO VERSION: That is Jagodin’s view. ]] ((Karen Jagodin, Vabamu Museum – FEMALE IN SPANISH - ORIGINAL VOA)) “This is definitely something that is not a success story in Estonia: the integration. How Russian-speaking communities have been integrated to Estonian society within the last 30 years, and there are very big challenges in that.” ((NARRATOR)) Like in other countries that were under Russian communist rule, language plays an important role in identity and sovereignty. And while Russian is still spoken in much of Estonia, its use is decreasing as more people focus on the Estonian language. [[RADIO VERSION: Anneliis Liblik teaches language and literature at an elementary school in Aegviidu, a rural community in Estonia’ north.]] ((Anneliis Liblik, Schoolteacher – FEMALE IN ESTONIAN - ORIGINAL VOA)) “I think that if I look back, let's say 30 years, when russification was in full swing at the schools, then compared to that Estonian is really being cared for and loved very much here and now.” ((NARRATOR)) And while the children of this village carry on with their Estonian classes, a group of Russian-speaking Ukrainian refugee children from Donetsk, Odessa and Nikolayev rehearse Estonian regional dances, a process of integration into Estonian culture that, curiously, is done in the Russian language. ((For Ricardo Marquina in Tallinn, Estonia, Marcus Harton, VOA News.))
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- Embargo Date October 25, 2022 10:13 EDT
- Byline Ricardo Marquina
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