FYI Eesti Elu is not government funded. As an ethnic newspaper the postage costs to subscribers are partially funded. Tartu College and Elmar Tampold, with their own exclusivist academic agenda managed to get VE and ME to merge under dubious financial aegis, machinations leading to a fact that we do not have an independent newspaper. Say what you will about EWR it is the only free, in terms of no subscription and no glavlit, ie censorship outlet in the world. Trei's article was published in Estonian Life under his name, with the dubious addendum of the paper making clear that the views were the author's, not Estonian Life's. Not even the leftist Toronto Star does that. Later the Trei article was removed from the EE website, remained up here at EWR. Estonian Life published an inflammatory and frankly libellous statement along the lines that posting Trei's opinion - not editorial, cannot we have ideas, opinions and free expression of same?- was an error. Some others might have taken legal action. Wonder who pressured our so-called independent voice to do so?
Sadly the principles of Vaba Eestlane - Free Estonian - and Meie Elu - Our Life - have been subsumed by the nefarious aims and agenda of our censorious moneyed academic elite, not responsible or responsive a whit to the community. Just look at the IEC and EM imbroglio.
Saladus valitseb, ausus ja avameelus puudub. Kas sellist yhiskonda me tahtsime?

Are you saying your piece was NOT published by Eesti Elu, with no author identified, or that you are not aware of it?

Everything that I have written has been under my name.
"News" and opinions are different.
Opinion pieces [Arvamused] - are just that. You don't like mine, ok write your own article.
Your "spurious attacks on ... leaders"' (without specific details), appear to be a a mere personal deflection from my accurate depictions.
My influence at Eesti Elu is zero.