PhotoYet the reaction to Mr. Trump’s victory in Estonia and neighboring Latvia, which also has a large Russian population, is complex, a reflection of their tangled ethnic, cultural and political situation. Yet he added that profound worry over Mr. Trump’s intentions has calmed somewhat because the president-elect has pulled back from statements he made on the campaign trail. Mr. Petrov said he welcomed Mr. Trump’s victory because the businessman wanted to cooperate with, rather than confront, Moscow. Mr. Trump, he said, “never said Russia is good, just that it is not an enemy. This is a big improvement.” If war did break out, he added, “I would fight for Estonia, not Russia.”

Source: New York Times November 17, 2016 16:11 UTC