The Kremlin has stepped up its efforts to recruit Estonian citizens or residents to work in espionage on its behalf, in some cases with the targets not being fully aware of what they were being asked to do, interior minister Kristian Jaani (Center) has told British daily The Times.
Barring entry to students from the Russian Federation and Belarus is a matter of security, and not a punishment, the assistant director of the Internal Security Service (ISS) says. Focus should be placed more on those Ukrainian students and others, who have no alternative but to flee their country following Russia's invasion, he added.
Estonia's Internal Security Service (Kaitsepolitseiamet/ KAPO) is requesting border crossers report attempts by Russia and Belarus to recruit them for intelligence work.
An upgraded section of National Road 7, spanning more than 93km in Kratie province, has been officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Hun Sen. The project – worth more than $33 million – was begun in 2016, with funding from China. At the February 7 inauguration ceremony, Hun Sen said the road was part of Cambodia’s Chinese friend’s assistance in linking the northeast.