Austria President Alexander Van Terlele said, as his parents living in Russia until 1917 were forced to emigrate to Estonia. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
“My parents, being young people, lived in Russia, and after the Russian revolution in 1917 they had to leave the country. Estonia gave them asylum where they lived about 20 years, and when (Joseph) Stalin again” pounded “in Their door, they had to leave the country again, after which they found themselves in Vienna and Tyrol, where I grew up, “said the Austrian president in the panel discussion with his colleague from Estonia Vienna.
Van der Blell called the meeting “almost family” and stressed that he really has close family relationships with Estonia, since until 1959 had an Estonian passport, despite the fact that it did not exist as an independent country, but the document was recognized international level. “My father traveled a lot, he was a businessman, so there was no problem here,” he added.
Alexander Van Terlelen’s ancestors lived in Russia since the end of the XVII century. His father Alexander Alexandrovich Bell was born in Pskov and graduated from the gymnasium.
Earlier in Austria was afraid of the transformation of the European Union in the “colony” of Russia, USA, China and other world powers. President Alexander Van der Bellen said that Europe needs to pay more attention to foreign policy and security in order to prevent such developments of events