Relations between Estonia and Russia have been poor for years. There is a border dispute between the two neighbors, and the large Russian speaking minority in Estonia feels it is discriminated against because of the nation's tough native language laws used as a requirement for citizenship.
Estonia recently joined NATO and the European Union, over the protests of Russia.
South of Estonia is Latvia--there's a chill between Latvia and Russia as well for the same reasons, although a longstanding border row between the two appears to be on the verge of being resolved--in Russia's favor.
Of course the controversy last month over the moving of a Red Army memorial from the center of of the Estonian capital Tallinn, and the riots that followed, appears to have been the catalyst of a cyber war from Russia against Estonia.
Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit states it well:
If Russia doesn't watch out, they're going to find people quarantining them, electronically and otherwise.
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