Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) officials interrupted a gathering in the eastern border town of Narva Saturday, on the grounds that symbols glorifying the current Russian invasion of Ukraine were on display.
Two journalists from the Russian newspaper Izvestia were deported on Saturday from Estonia and given entry bans for working while on a tourist visa. The PPA said they were making propaganda.
Two journalists from the Russian newspaper Izvestia were deported on Saturday from Estonia and given entry bans for working while on a tourist visa. The PPA said they were making propaganda.
Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees a day are arriving in Estonia from Russia, the vast majority of which are in transit to other countries. Volunteers helping these refugees find that Estonia is only providing a solid reception to asylum-seekers, while refugees in transit are at risk of being left up to their own devices in Narva.
Around noon on Tuesday, work to reinforce the Estonian-Russian border in the Kuivajõe riverbed in the border city of Narva was completed, with a total of more than 80 people taking part in reinforcing the section of the border.