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To: E. T. who wrote (203010)	11/15/2001 10:30:07 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

I can understand the Estonians being anti- Russian, although I believe they have the fewest ethnic Russians of all the Baltic states. An incidental note: all of my father's grandparents came from the countryside around Riga, Latvia (they were Jewish). I have not yet visited......

To: E. T. who wrote (203010)	11/15/2001 10:35:58 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Estonia is doing fantastic. Ranked #4 in the WSJ/Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom: INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM The 2002 Rankings Monday, November 12, 2001 12:01 a.m. EST Return to article. 1 Hong Kong 2 Singapore 3 New Zealand 4 Estonia Ireland Luxembourg Netherlands United States 9 Australia Chile United Kingdom 12 Denmark Switzerland 14 Finland MOSTLY FREE 15 Bahrain Canada 17 Bahamas El Salvador Sweden 20 Austria Belgium Germany 23 Cyprus Iceland United Arab Emirates 26 Barbados Portugal Spain 29 Italy Lithuania Taiwan 32 Czech Republic Hungary Thailand 35 Japan Norway Trinidad and Tobago 38 Argentina South Korea Latvia 41 Uruguay 42 Cambodia 43 Costa Rica Israel 45 Armenia Belize Bolivia France Jordan Malta Panama Poland 53 Kuwait Peru 55 Greece Guatemala Sri Lanka 58 Colombia Tunisia 60 Botswana Ivory Coast Jamaica Mali Mexico Mongolia Namibia Oman Slovakia South Africa 70 Philippines Qatar MOSTLY UNFREE 72 Dominican Republic Mauritius Saudi Arabia Uganda 76 Central African Republic Morocco Mozambique 79 Algeria Brazil Djibouti Gambia Madagascar Malaysia Paraguay Slovenia Swaziland 88 Benin Cape Verde Honduras Lebanon Nicaragua 93 Burkina Faso Guyana Kenya Senegal 97 Cameroon Gabon Macedonia Zambia 101 Albania Guinea Mauritania Pakistan 105 Indonesia Moldova Turkey 108 Bulgaria Croatia Fiji Georgia Ghana Lesotho Nepal Rwanda Tanzania 117 Ecuador 118 Azerbaijan Malawi Niger 121 China Egypt Ethiopia India 125 Chad Kazakstan Kyrgyzstan Nigeria Togo 130 Venezuela 131 Bangladesh Romania Russia 134 Congo Republic Yemen 136 Haiti 137 Tajikistan Ukraine Vietnam 140 Bosnia Equatorial Guinea 142 Guinea-Bissau Suriname REPRESSED 144 Yugoslavia 145 Burma Syria 147 Zimbabwe 148 Belarus Uzbekistan 150 Turkmenistan 151 Iran Laos 153 Cuba Libya 155 Iraq North Korea opinionjournal.com I've spent time in Estonia, a former soviet satellite, the people there infected me with a bit of an anti-russian mindset.