political tolerance

Political tolerance (when respondents allow the full legal rights of citizenshipto groups they themselve dislike) is particularly low in Estonia- much lower than in Russia. According to survey data, the least liked group in Estonia are the Stalinists and hard-lined communists. 2.1 per cent of Estonians would allow Stalinists and hard-lined communists to hold public office, 3.6 per cent of Estonians would allow this least-liked group to teach in schools, and 11 per cent would allow them to hold public ranking. in all of the former Soviet Countries, the averages are 5 per cent, 6.8 per cent, and 13.2 per cent.

Source: Geurin, Daniel. "Tolerance Protest and Democratic Transition: Survey evidence from 13 post-communist countries." European Journal of Political Research 43: 371-395, 2004.