The speaker of the Parliament of Estonia Henn Billwas said that the Tartu peace Treaty concluded by the country with Soviet Russia in 1920, valid for now and in the question of borders between States. About It reported in a new year greeting policy, posted on the Internet representation of the legislature. Billwas reminded that February 2 marks one hundred years since the signing of the Tartu peace Treaty, after which " was established by the Russian-Estonian border ". According to his statement, after the restoration of independence, Estonia was recognized as the legal successor of the country formed in 1918, " in all manifestations, including the state border ". "The Tartu peace Treaty is valid and in our day is placed in the registry of the applicable international treaties of the UN," - said the Speaker. It not the first similar phrase in Estonian politics. In November past year, Pillais asked in a persistent form on Russia "to return the" Baltic Republic " annexed territory ". Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, explaining the words of the speaker of the Estonian Parliament, said about the fact that In Russia this phrase is considered unacceptable. according to the Tartu Treaty signed by Soviet Russia and Estonia in 1920, to the Baltic republics departed part of the Leningrad and Pskov regions. In 1944 the territory was returned to the Russian Federation. Moscow considers the Tartu Treaty as a historical document, not legally binding. Tallinn declares that the Treaty continues to operate. Reference to it was included in the preamble of the law on ratification of the Russian-Estonian border Treaty. Moscow regarded This as an opportunity to show her in the future territorial complaints and withdrew its signature under the border Treaty. <span style="color:darkgray