History of Estonia (1920–39) prospect of Vaps movement achieving electoral victory, Konstantin Päts and Johan Laidoner conducted a military coup d’état on 12 March 1934, arresting hundreds of Vaps members. A six-month state of emergency was declared, postponing the elections and political meetings were banned. During the interwar period Estonia had pursued a policy of neutrality, but the fate of Estonia in World War II was decided by the German–Soviet Nonaggression Pact and its of August 1939. In the agreement, the two great powers agreed to divide up the countries situated between them (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland) with Estonia falling in the
Oil shale in Estonia increasing the use of other energy sources such as renewable energy and natural gas. In 2016, 73% of oil shale mined in Estonia was used for power generation, and about 90% of Estonia's electricity was generated from oil shale. About 15% of produced electricity was exported to Finland and Latvia. Eesti Energia owns the largest oil shale-fuelled power stations (Narva Power Stations) in the world. In addition, a new 300 MW station, which will use circulating fluidised bed boiler technology, is under construction in Auvere. In 2010, 11.4% of the heat supply in Estonia was generated by direct combustion of