Follow RT on Jonny Tickle The Estonian prime minister has slammed suggestions from opposition MPs that a referendum should be held over the Baltic state s accession to Russia. The idea was proposed as a protest against a law prohibiting same-sex marriage.
Writing on Facebook, centrist Prime Minister Juri Ratas explained that the country s constitution states
“Estonia is an independent and sovereign democratic republic,” and condemned the proposal from center-left Reform Party MPs Urmas Kruuse, Ants Laaneots and Juri Jaanson.
Ratas statement follows a joke suggestion for a referendum question from the opposition: ‘Would it be better to live in the Republic of Estonia if the country was part of Russia?’