Estonia stopped translating the laws into Russian
02.01.2009, 12:43 The state of Estonia stopped translating
the laws into Russian, pointing to lack of money, ERR News reports.
That means nearly 400,000 citizens do not have access to the laws, rights and
obligations that regulate their daily life in their native language.
Translating the laws into Russian became non-existent after 2006, when the
task was taken over by the Ministry of Justice. Before the task was done by
Riigi Teataja Kirjastus.
The ministry translates Estonian legal acts to English and foreign agreements
from English to Estonian.
The Ministry of Justice based the fact, that Russians can’t access the laws
in their native language, on the lack of money.