The skinny Russian military intelligence agent called Artem Zinchenko (30) was shocked when he was surrounded by internal security service operatives in a Tallinn public transport vehicle on January 9 – Zinchenko had no idea the authorities were on to him.
The newly-incorporated Parempoolsed party includes among its ranks several current and former, high-ranking European Union officials, the publication of its list of members revealed Monday.
The registration of the Parempoolsed (Right-wingers) political party that was founded in mid-August has stalled, while the party hopes to make it to the business register by the middle of October.
A recent sea change in support for political parties in Estonia, primarily relating to the two junior coalition partners – the Social Democrats and Isamaa – relates to the 20-30 percent of the electorate who are floating voters and who tend to make voting decisions on momentary impulses, Aivar Voog, analyst at market research company Kantar Emor, said on Wednesday.
Lavly Perling, recently elected chair of the newly former Parempoolsed (Right-wingers) party, told Vikerraadio's "Uudis+" program that her party is very different from Eesti 200, which she suggests has drifted to the left.