So long as Russia refuses to acknowledge its history, the prospects for its future are always going to look bleak. Under the circumstances, therefore, this is not good news:

“Moscow is pulling its signature from a border treaty signed with Estonia in May after nearly a decade of talks.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed the move during a visit to Finland on Monday (27 June), saying the Estonians only had themselves to blame. “Estonia did exactly what it promised not to do – insert political statements in the accord”, indicated Mr Lavrov. The treaty was ratified in the Estonian parliament last week (20 June) after a reference to the Soviet occupation of Estonia was added to the preamble. Moscow has refused to label the five-decade Soviet stay in the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania as an “occupation”.”

Lavrov might want to go here.