However, the reports of the US State Department and Freedom House on religious freedom, did not confirm the accusations of discrimination on a religious basis in Estonia. Russia linked the improvement of Estonian-Russian economic relations with the registration of the ROC under the Moscow Patriarchate as the legal successor of the EAOC.
Samas tõdesid aga nii Ameerika Ühendriikide Riigidepartemangu kui Freedom House’i usuvabaduse raportid, et Eestis ei esine usulist diskrimineerimist.