Despite having the second-largest number of seats in Estonia’s Parliament, the Center Party had long been shut out of power for its links to the United Russia party of Vladimir V. Putin. But the Center Party successfully formed a coalition of sharply contrasting ideologies by teaming up with the left-leaning Social Democrats and the right-wing IRL party. “This agreement has never been put in practice,” Mr. Ratas said, referring to the decade-old pact with United Russia. “With the internal revolution of the Center Party, the main obstacle was removed,” he said. Gulf of Bothnia FINLAND Gulf of Finland SWEDEN Tallinn Lake Peipus ESTONIA RUSSIA LATVIA Baltic Sea LITHUANIA RUSSIA BELARUS POLAND 300 Miles“We value highly the E.U.

Source: New York Times November 21, 2016 01:01 UTC