President Arnold Rüütel, who passed away on New Year's Eve at the age of 96, will be buried with full state honors.

Arnold Rüütel hatte lange den Spitznamen »Roter Arnold«. Tatsächlich war er es, der maßgeblich zur Westorientierung Estlands beitrug. Nun trauert das Land um seinen ehemaligen ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Arnold Rüütel, the last communist leader of Soviet Estonia and the Baltic country’s second president after the restoration of independence, has died. He was 96.

A book of condolence for Arnold Rüütel, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 96, is being opened up today, Thursday.

The office of the President of Estonia, Alar Karis, announced on its website that Rüütel had died on Tuesday. A trained agriculturalist, Rüütel was almost 50 when, in 1977, he began serving in ...