Contents tagged with Estonia
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Six NATO warships arrived in Estonia
On Friday, six NATO warships entered the port of Tallinn, reported ERR.ee news website with reference to Estonian Defense Force.
The warships of the North Atlantic Alliance made a planned entry into the port of Tallinn to participate in various defense-related activities, to replenish the ships supplies stocks and to rest.
The ships are part of two permanent NATO naval units. The first mine clearing group consists of four ships -Estonian minesweeper EML Wambola, Norwegian HNoMS Hinnoey, …
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Russian citizen in Estonia sentenced to five years prison for espionage
The Harju County Court in Estonia sentenced Artem Zinchenko, a Russian citizen residing in the Baltic republic, to five years of imprisonment on charges of espionage for Russia. This was reported by ERR news agency.
According to the report, Zinchenko was found guilty of crimes against Estonia. According to the charges, Zinchenko was recruited by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (formerly GRU) in 2009. Between 2013 and 2017, he allegedly …
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Large-scale NATO exercises held in Estonia
Spring Storm 2017, a set of large-scale military exercises involving several NATO countries kicked off in Estonia with the participation of almost nine thousand troops.
"About 2.3 thousand foreign servicemen from 13 countries will take part in large-scale NATO exercises Kevadtorm-2017 (Spring Storm 2017) together with the Estonian military. In total, almost 9 thousand military servicemen will be involved from May 8 to May 26," the message of the General Staff of the Defense Forces of the …
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Estonia will destroy beaver dams to protect its border with Russia
Estonian border guards will destroy beaver dams along the rivers and streams bordering on Russia because these constructions facilitate the transit of smugglers, ERR reports.
Beaver dams are located in Southeastern Estonia on the Pededze and Piusa rivers, as well as on some small streams. A tender has already been announced to find a contractor for the task.
It would be necessary to cut the trees lying on Russian territory along the border line. However, the contractor's challenge is to avoid …
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Russian government's aircraft violated Estonian airspace
A Russian government aircraft, allegedly with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on board, violated Estonia's airspace, as reported by Postimees, citing the Estonian Defense Forces.
The IL-96 aircraft is owned by the state-run aviation enterprise, Rossiya, which is subordinate to the Office of the President of the Russian Federation. The plane violated Estonian airspace on the evening of May 3rd near the island of Vaindloo.
According to Estonian Defense Forces, the aircraft flew with the …
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The Estonian government will send the European Commission a proposal to fine Gazprom
The Estonian government had a meeting on Thursday and decided to invite the European Commission to fine PJSC Gazprom for abusing the monopoly position in the gas market.
“Considering the scale of the violation, Estonia believes that the antimonopoly investigation against Gazprom should be completed in a way that ensures the cessation of abuse of the monopoly position, followed by a fine. According to Estonia, in this case, the taking of obligations by Gazprom is not proportional to the size of …
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Estonian Defense Minister: Russian forces may remain in Belarus after Zapad-2017 military exercises
Estonian Defense Minister Margus Tsahkna believes that Russian forces may remain in Belarus after September’s “Zapad 2017” exercises.
According to Tsahkna, Estonia and other NATO countries possess intelligence data according to which the Russian forces may remain in Belarus after completing the exercises. He added that more than 4000 train cars will be used to transport troops and equipment from Russia to Belarus, which also indicates the possibility of a military base being deployed.
“For …
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F-35 fighters arrive in Estonia accompanied by NATO reconnaissance aircraft
On April 25th, two US F-35A fighter aircraft and a 100 ARW KC-135 Stratotanker arrived at the Ämari Air Base in Estonia, accompanied by NATO RC-135 air reconnaissance aircraft, according to the Estonian newspaper Postimees.
“When the fighters entered Estonian airspace, there were three NATO reconnaissance aircraft, which is unusually high,” the newspaper noted.
The purpose of the NATO planes was to collect data on the activities of Russian radar systems tracking the arrival of the F-35s, the …
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In May, Estonia will begin marking its water border with Russia
The Estonian Police and Border Guard Board together with the Department of Waterways will begin marking the state border with Russia at the Chudskoe, Teploe and Pskov lakes in May, as reported by ERR.ee.
Border signs in the water will be installed along a 126-kilometer border stretch. It was noted that the work will cost 74 million euros.
The state border will be marked with milestones along the water, which will be installed at an interval of more than one and a half kilometers.
On each of …
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US State Department representative will visit Ukraine to discuss military assistance programs
The U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, Ambassador Tina Kaidanow, will visit Ukraine next week to discuss military assistance programs, the State Department said in a message.
The report says that Kaidanow will visit Germany, Estonia and Ukraine on April 23-29 to discuss a number of international security issues.
"In Estonia and Ukraine, Ambassador Kaidanow will meet with civilian and defense officials to discuss a wide range of political-military issues, …
