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We
disagree
with
the
outcome
of
the
question
dealt
with
in
paragraph
62
of
the
judgment
as
to
whether
the
publication
of
the
information
about
the
applicant
’s
former
service
in
the
KGB
could
have
constituted
a
disproportionate
interference
on
account
of
the
long
period
of
time
that
had
passed
since
the
termination
of
his
service
and
the
dissolution
of
the
Estonian
branch
of
the
KGB
(
compare
Sidabras
and
Džiautas
,
cited
above
,
§
60
,
and
Ādamsons
,
cited
above
,
§
129
)
.
We
note
,
in
this
connection
,
that
the
Disclosure
Act
was
passed
less
than
four
years
after
Estonia
regained
its
independence
and
less
than
six
months
after
the
withdrawal
from
its
territory
of
the
last
remaining
troops
of
the
former
Soviet
Union
,
for
which
the
Russian
Federation
had
assumed
jurisdiction
after
the
dissolution
of
the
Soviet
Union
.
We
do
not
consider
that
in
these
circumstances
the
time
of
the
enactment
of
the
Disclosure
Act
can
be
seen
as
reflecting
the
lack
of
a
genuine
necessity
to
take
the
measures
envisaged
by
the
Act
(
compare
Ždanoka
,
cited
above
,
§
131
,
with
references
to
further
cases
discussed
therein
;
compare
also
Cichopek
and
Others
,
cited
above
,
§
143
)
.
The
same
applies
to
the
publication
of
the
information
specifically
about
the
applicant
:
we
understand
that
the
newly
created
Estonian
security
institutions
needed
time
to
gather
the
information
which
they
continued
to
publish
annually
,
depending
on
the
material
and
evidence
becoming
available
from
various
sources
in
the
absence
of
complete
archives
.
In
addition
,
as
explained
above
,
the
publication
served
not
only
as
an
expression
of
moral
disapproval
of
the
applicant
’s
service
with
the
KGB
,
but
also
as
an
expression
of
moral
disapproval
of
his
choice
not
to
confess
his
service
and
not
to
assist
the
new
democratic
regime
in
dismantling
the
totalitarian
heritage
.
The
period
between
the
time
the
applicant
decided
to
refuse
to
make
a
confession
and
the
time
when
the
information
was
published
can
not
in
this
context
be
considered
significant
.
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