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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pjotr Sauer

Russia puts Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas on wanted list

Kaja Kallas speaking in Vienna last week, with an EU flag in the background
Kaja Kallas speaking in Vienna last week. The Estonian prime minister has been one of the strongest supporters of Ukraine. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Moscow has put the Estonian prime minister, Kaja Kallas, and other Baltic states officials on a wanted list, as Tallinn warns of an imminent Russian military buildup along its border.

The Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the Estonian state secretary, Taimar Peterkop, the Lithuanian culture minister, Simonas Kairys, and Kallas were accused of “destroying monuments to Soviet soldiers”, a reference to the removal of Soviet-era second world war memorials

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