5. Distribution of cases by regions Still the largest number of petitions and cases opened on the basis of them was from the largest cities, Tallinn and Tartu. Among the counties, the largest number of proceedings were in relation to Harju County and Ida-Viru County. As before, the smallest number of proceedings was in relation to Hiiu County. 28 proceedings were initiated on the basis of petitions received from abroad. With regard to 220 cases, the region is unknown, including mostly petitions sent by e-mail. 400 354 350 300 267 250 220 200 150 100 138 96 50 38 33 28 27 25 20 16 16 13 11 11 10 10 9 4 0 Figure 12. Distribution of cases by location of petitioner 6. Language of proceedings Most petitions are in Estonian. 178 cases, i.e. 12.2% of the total number of cases, were opened based on petitions in Russian. The number of petitions in English makes up only 1.4% of the total number of cases opened. 86