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Title	Estonia: Right to Estonian citizenship for a person born in Estonia to a Russian mother who subsequently became Estonian by marrying an Estonian citizen
Publisher	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country	Estonia
Publication Date	1 May 1998
Citation / Document Symbol	EST29427.E
Cite as	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Estonia: Right to Estonian citizenship for a person born in Estonia to a Russian mother who subsequently became Estonian by marrying an Estonian citizen, 1 May 1998, EST29427.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6acac0.html [accessed 4 June 2012]
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Estonia: Right to Estonian citizenship for a person born in Estonia to a Russian mother who subsequently became Estonian by marrying an Estonian citizen

For information on the right to Estonian citizenship for a person born in Estonia to a Russian mother who subsequently became Estonian by marrying an Estonian citizen, please refer to the 1995 Law on Citizenship of Estonia and the March 1997 issue of the European Bulletin on Nationality which are available at Regional Documentation Centres.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Sources Consulted

Estonia. Law on Citizenship proclaimed on 31 January 1995. Source: Estonian Institute for Human Rights. March 1996. Also available in REFWORLD/REFLEG.

Council of Europe. March 1997. European Bulletin on Nationality. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.

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