Original sentence: As a consequence, the population that immigrated during the Soviet occupation and their descendants have been labeled by some as illegal occupiers () or colonists.Ethnic Estonians regard the period of Soviet Estonia as an illegal occupation, a viewpoint that is the official position of the Estonian Government as well as major Western powers such as theUSA
Edited sentence: According to this fact, Estonia is one of the few countries in the world, that have such a huge share of permanent residents without any civil rights.As a consequence, the population that immigrated during the Soviet occupation and their descendants have been labeled by some Estonians as illegal occupiers () or colonists.Ethnic Estonians regard the period of Soviet Estonia as an illegal occupation, a viewpoint that is the official position of the Estonian Government as well as some Western powers such as the USA.The established procedure of testing was very difficult and long-term.The situation still remains, leading to formal support of governmental policy by the so-called "majority of population".Therefore, all non-Estonians (Russians, Ukrainians, Jews) turned out to be discriminated according to their ethnic status, having no civil rights, e.to vote