More than 200 legislators from the United States Congress, the European Parliament and national parliaments across Europe have issued a statement in support of Ukraine. The statement is a sign of strong and broad support for Ukraine, and encourages to look for a diplomatic solution and jointly prepare a package of economic sanctions.
25 members of the Riigikogu from three parties have formed a support group to protect Estonia's interests within the European Union's climate package. The aim of the group is to develop proposals for Estonia's position on the package.
While Estonia is ready to stand alongside its NATO allies and in support of Ukraine, transatlantic assistance to all three Baltic States should remain at its current level, or better still be augmented, Riigikogu foreign affairs committee chair Marko Mihkelson (Reform) says.
Leonid Volkov, an ally of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said that his face and deepfake filters had been used to trick British and Baltic MPs. Approximately 10 Estonian MPs communicated with the person posing as Volkov via a video bridge on March 18, Postimees reports. The meeting took place, but this clearly constitutes identity theft, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the Estonian parliament Marko Mihkelson (Reform) said.
Member of the support group for freeing Alexei Navalny and former member of the foreign affairs committee Raivo Tamm (Isamaa) learned of the doppelganger through the media when fake Volkov gave an interview to a Latvian television channel.