The council of the northeastern Estonian border city Narva voted at its extraordinary sitting on Saturday morning in favor of a censure motion against Mayor Katri Raik, a Social Democrat.
Starting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Estonia prohibits motor vehicles with Russian Federation license plates from entering Estonia across the external border, as such motor vehicles fall under the scope of the sanction.
Due to the inaction of the Narva city council, the state has decided to itself change the names of five streets in Narva that are considered inappropriate for Estonia, as they are associated with the Soviet era, Regional Minister Madis Kallas said, as reported by public broadcaster ERR.
Reform Party MP Marko Mihkelson, who has been at the center of a scandal following media reports about him having taken inappropriate photos of children, decided to step down from the position of chairman of the Estonian parliament's foreign affairs committee.
The partial mobilization announced by Russian President Vladimir Putting on Wednesday morning may lead to pressure on the Estonian border by Russian men who wish to evade it.