No, it's not great to be next door to Russia. Estonia is a full NATO member but it has a very heavy ideological burden about defending itself from Russia, unlike anything Americans can fathom with the exception of our most diehard, corn fed flag-worshipping militants. The Finnish never had the burden of the Defense League. The Russian border is 125 miles from the capitol, and Estonians will never be laid back about that. France actually sent 300 tanks there in the past year.Estonia is an EU and NATO member, I think their prospects of facing military oppression are rather slim at the moment.
And since OP is from France which is also an EU country, him moving to Estonia would not differ much from an American moving from one state to another.
And English is widely spoken in Estonia, French not so much but OP seems to cope fine with English.
I still think OP should probably just move back home for now but there is nothing wrong or scary about moving to Estonia in itself.
From time to time there's an oppressive pro-military pall when Russian or pro-Russians skirmish in nearby EU countries. Problems in Ukraine and Georgia put Estonians on edge.
Getting back to the OP's moving there, without question it would be rough.
No one speaks French and the fact is that few speak adequate English. Knowing fifty words of vocabulary does not get you far. So it's simply not the case that he'd get by without speaking Estonian, Latvian, or Russian.
Spoken Estonian is quite difficult to learn. It's nothing like English. The alphabet alone will stonewall you.
Why take on the hassle of a foreign language and approaching winter in the sub-arctic?
On the other hand, there would be amazing gains if OP could go and live with the Sami!
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