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Russian border guards have removed navigation buoys from the Estonian side of a river separating the two countries, the Baltic nation said on Thursday, adding that it would seek an explanation as ...
NARVA, Estonia — This city of about 55,000 on the border with Russia could be at the edge of a new Iron Curtain created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It’s a place between two worlds ...
In doing so Russia violates international regulations," Estonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna said on social media X late on Monday. He did not provide evidence to support the claim.
In the 2010s, smuggling (of cigarettes, migrants, and weapons) was a persistent problem along the border. [35] Estonian and Russian border officials engaged in a measure of cooperation on border security issues, [35] but relations were greatly harmed by the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [35] [36]
On May 22, 2024, Estonian news outlets quoted Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets as excluding any land swaps with Russia for now and instead planning to construct Estonia's border fence and a new, shorter detour road 4.7 km in length around the Saatse Boot plus upgrades on 1.7 km of existing roads for a total cost of c. € 4 mln. [8]
Yahoo News has obtained confidential strategy documents drawn up by the Kremlin that reveal Russia’s ambitious plans to exert its influence in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
As proposed by the Russian Government on 13 August 2005, [3] on 31 August 2005 Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a written order to the Russian Foreign Ministry to notify the Estonian side of “Russia’s intention not to participate in the border treaties between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Estonia”. On 6 September 2005 ...
Watch as Sir Keir Starmer met leaders of Baltic states in Estonia for the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) conference on Tuesday, 17 December, before visiting British troops serving on Russia's border.