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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Andrius Sytas

Russian threat to Baltic security rising - Estonian intelligence report

FILE PHOTO: An Estonian flag flies near the bridge over Narva river at the border crossing point with Russia in Narva, Estonia, September 18, 2022. REUTERS/Janis Laizans

Estonia's Foreign Intelligence Service said it believed Russia still had the strength to exert "credible military pressure" on the Baltic region, where the security risk has risen for the medium and long-term.

NATO and the European Union members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - the so-called Baltic states - have sharply boosted defence spending in response to Russia's 2014 capture of Crimea from Ukraine and the invasion of Ukraine last year.

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