 The Estonian United Left Party, which also represents the interests of the country's Russian-speaking community, has refused to join Team Russia. |
Estonia's pro-Russian movement, which has adopted the name Team Russia, has approved prominent Russian-born politician, journalist and former Tallinn city council member Dimitri Klenski as their top candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, according to a report.
Team Russia, created under the auspices of Estonia's Russian Party, acts as an umbrella group for politicians and public activists representing the country's Russian-speaking community, which makes up about one-third of the Baltic state's population, reports Russian state owned RIA Novosti.
Klenski received some 7,000 votes in the 2009 elections to the European Parliament, in which he participated as an independent candidate, but did not manage to make it into the European legislature.
The Estonian United Left Party, which also represents the interests of the country's Russian-speaking community, has refused to join Team Russia.
In the previous parliamentary elections in 2007, the pro-Russian Constitution Party did not manage to make it into parliament, gaining a mere 1 percent of the vote.
Team Russia, created under the auspices of Estonia's Russian Party, acts as an umbrella group for politicians and public activists representing the country's Russian-speaking community, which makes up about one-third of the Baltic state's population, reports Russian state owned RIA Novosti.
Klenski received some 7,000 votes in the 2009 elections to the European Parliament, in which he participated as an independent candidate, but did not manage to make it into the European legislature.
The Estonian United Left Party, which also represents the interests of the country's Russian-speaking community, has refused to join Team Russia.
In the previous parliamentary elections in 2007, the pro-Russian Constitution Party did not manage to make it into parliament, gaining a mere 1 percent of the vote.
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