Russia puts Estonian PM, two Baltic ministers on wanted list


  • World
  • Tuesday, 13 Feb 2024

Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas attends a European Union summit in Brussels, Belgium February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police have put Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Estonian State Secretary Taimar Peterkop and Lithuanian Culture Minister Simonas Kairys on a wanted list, according to the Russian Interior Ministry's database.

The database did not say what offence or offences they were wanted for.

Russian news agency TASS quoted a source saying they were accused of "destroying monuments to Soviet soldiers".

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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