Estonia's prime minister Kaja Kallas has been put on a wanted list in Russia because of her efforts to remove Soviet-era Second World War monuments in the Baltic nation, reported Russian media on Tuesday.
Kallas's name appears on the Interior Ministry's register of people wanted on criminal charges, which also includes other officials and lawmakers from Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
Kallas appears to be the first head of state placed on the Russian Interior Ministry’s wanted list by the Russian government since the full-fledged invasion began. Kallas dismissed the move on social media as Moscow's "familiar scare tactic" and proof that she was “doing the right thing” by supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia.
Estonia's prime minister has been put on a wanted list in Russia because of her efforts to remove Soviet-era Second World War monuments in the Baltic nation, officials said Tuesday, as tensions between Russia and the West soar amid the war in Ukraine.
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