Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 274,276 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 10,503 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $70 million (1999)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 1.2% (1999)
Transnational Issues
Disputes—international: Estonian and Russian negotiators reached a technical border agreement in December 1996 which has not been ratified
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for opiates and cannabis from
Southwest Asia and the Caucasus via Russia, and cocaine from Latin
America to Western Europe and Scandinavia; possible precursor
manufacturing and/or trafficking
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Introduction