“The Government should establish a broad process of consultation with a view to reducing the gap in historical perceptions between the Estonian and Russian-speaking communities,”

The current Kremlin administration, with its targeted and well funded revanchist and I dare say, historical dis-information campaign will make this “gap” very difficult to bridge. The Kremlin is clearly provoking and fanning the flames of race based conflict, not healing them. Not very helpful either is Kremlin meddling in the internal affiars of Estonia vis a vis the funding and promotion of ethnic rioting and its active encouragment of Ida-Virumaa's Russian majority breaking away to join the Russian Federation. Much of this rhetoric has even bled into the North American media, with Gusinksy’s RTV and several Canadian internet sites broadcasting the Kremlin’s position verbatim.

That's not to say that changes should not be made to further accommodate the Russian minority, however; this is will only become possible with a true evaluation of the broader picture that contains the realities that create the “gap” in historical perceptions. Perhaps a multi-lateral and broad based international truth and reconciliation commission would be the answer.