you wouldn't be referring to the agreement of rouble transfer that v hi signed before laar's pmship the one that the state comptroller's office condemned as irresponsible and unlawful nope illegal agreements can't be considered as sufficient basis for giveaway of billions of roubles it might have made a heck of a bribe to the then reigning soviet authorities sure as for the sur eek exchange nobody was forced to exchange their cash i retained a few of my hard earned rouble banknotes as memorabilia myself there's no need to remind you that they lost all financial value in a few short years it just so happened that boe's rate was among the best available rates and while sur kept falling eek managed to brake the inflation down to a manageable level remember events from this era are generally poorly understood by the general public a lot of rumours circulated some better some worse some of these rumours were politically motivated it was an era so hectic there was even no internet taking a random thing you read or hear about anything from the early s estonia is likely to mislead you