The Russian government said on Saturday it had approved a Foreign Ministry proposal to pull out of a border treaty with Estonia as relations with the Baltic state soured in a row over their Soviet past, according to Reuters. Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov signed a decree to approve the proposal and ask President Vladimir Putin to inform Estonia about the decision, according to a copy of the document posted on the government's Web site. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in June that Russia was pulling out of the deal -- signed on May 18 -- because of objections to additions made to the agreement by Estonia's parliament during ratification.
