Estonia needs to be prepared in case Russia organizes provocations or mass border crossings, Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu (Isamaa) said on Tuesday.
Estonia has warned residents they will be banned from the EU if they join Vladimir Putin's army, as Finland looks set to stop Russian tourists from crossing its border.
Estonia has warned its Russian-speaking residents that their citizenship would be revoked and they would be banned from the EU and the country if they participate in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
There are some 20,000 residents with Russian citizenship living in Estonia who might get drafted into the war.
The move comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced “mobilisation” of troops, signalling that its war against Ukraine is far from over. According to reports, an estimated 300,000 more Russians will be drafted to serve in the campaign.
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A longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and an adviser to the Georgian government during its brief 2008 war with Russia, former Estonian foreign intelligence boss Eerik-Niiles Kross talked to RFE/RL's Georgian Service about the war in Ukraine and its antecedents.