Municipal elections were held in Estonia October 16. Preliminary returns show that over 25 percent of the votes were cast for the candidates of the Centrist Party supported by the country's Russian-speaking population.
The Centrists are now able to form practically one-party municipal governments in the three largest cities of Estonia – Tallinn (41 percent), Narva (59 percent) and Kohtla-Yarve (67 percent in alliance with the United People's Party of Estonia).
The Centrist Party stands for solving the problems of the legal and social status of the Russian-speaking population, mainly in the field of the citizenship and language, and normalizing the country's relations with Russia.
According to statistics, every fifth resident of Estonia has no Estonian citizenship.
The Centrists are now able to form practically one-party municipal governments in the three largest cities of Estonia – Tallinn (41 percent), Narva (59 percent) and Kohtla-Yarve (67 percent in alliance with the United People's Party of Estonia).
The Centrist Party stands for solving the problems of the legal and social status of the Russian-speaking population, mainly in the field of the citizenship and language, and normalizing the country's relations with Russia.
According to statistics, every fifth resident of Estonia has no Estonian citizenship.
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