In November, President Alar Karis made a proposal to the Riigikogu to name Ülle Madise as Chancellor of Justice for a second term. The parliamentary constitutional committee see Madise as a great candidate.
Estonia is “seriously” considering granting Russian opposition leader and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny asylum in case he is either banished or voluntarily leaves Russia, Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets said on Tuesday.
The anti-corruption campaigner, who is on hunger strike and whose allies say his life is in danger, is being treated at a prison hospital about 180km east of Moscow, amid reports of mistreatment and deteriorating health.
Offering Navalny the chance to leave Russia would be a welcomed gesture and depending on Navalny’s personal choice, Estonia would “seriously consider” granting him asylum status, Liimets told
ERR News.
In the same interview, Estonia’s foreign minister also commented on former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves’ comments, suggesting all Russian citizens should be banned from entering the EU following the revelation that Russia was involved in an ammunition deposit blast in the Czech Republic 2014 that was followed
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