Russia puts Estonian PM, two Baltic ministers on wanted list

Russia puts Estonian PM, two Baltic ministers on wanted list

Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas attends a European Union summit in Brussels, Belgium February 1, 2024. REUTERS

MOSCOW — Russian police have put Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Estonian State Secretary Taimar Peterkop and Lithuanian Culture Minister Simonas Kairys on a wanted list, according to the Russian Interior Ministry’s database.

The database did not say what offense or offenses they were wanted for.

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Russian news agency TASS quoted a source saying they were accused of “destroying monuments to Soviet soldiers”.

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