In #Estonia, the country's northeastern border city of #Narva now has two rival city council chairmen and two rival mayors. An opposition-led city council meeting elected a new chairman and a new #mayor, while the incumbent chairman and mayor disputed the legality of the meeting.

https://viabaltica.fi/estonia-narva-city-council-locked-in-power-dispute/

Estonia: Narva city council locked in power dispute

Estonia’s northeastern border city of Narva now has two rival city council chairmen and two rival mayors, ERR reports. Earlier, the opposition Estonian Centre Party and populist Plan B movement gained…

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Prosecutors in #Estonia have opened a criminal investigation into possible embezzlement by the chairman and the deputy chairwoman of the #Narva city council. Meanwhile, two leaders of a pro-Russian party convicted for #treason have appealed their long #prison sentences to the Supreme #Court.

https://viabaltica.fi/estonia-narva-city-council-leaders-under-criminal-investigation/

Estonia: Narva city council leaders under criminal investigation

Estonia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has opened a criminal investigation of the leadership of the Narva city council over suspected embezzlement, ERR reports. The investigation is looking at possibly…

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Viktor can no longer count how many times he has encountered similar interactions with local #Narva residents.

#Narva Museum in #Estonia will display a poster declaring #russian leader #putin a #war #criminal again on the wall of Narva Castle on May 9.

https://news.err.ee/1610013928/war-criminal-banner-returns-to-narva-castle-wall

Gruppens navn varslede Putins næste invasion i Europa. Men sporet førte et helt andet sted hen

En tilsyneladende løsrivelsesbevægelse i Estland fik i sidste måned alarmklokker til at kime. Nu pibler realiteterne frem, og det bør give anledning til eftertanke midt under en flodbølge af russisk informationskrig.

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From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @[email protected]

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#PUTIN’S NEXT MOVE: RUSSIA PROVOCATION STRIKE #NARVA #GOTLAND Vlog 1382: War in #Ukraine

#Sweden does not rule out that #Russia could in the near future seize one of the #islands in the #BalticSea — and test how #NATO would respond to a provocation, says the Swedish armed forces chief, #MichaelClaesson, in an interview with #TheTimes.

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"In recent weeks, a cluster of anonymous Russian-language social media accounts has called for the takeover of the Estonian city of Narva and described it as “Russian land.”

For its mayor, this fake story has become a real problem."

#Russia #EU #Europe #hybridwar
#Narva #Estonia
https://www.politico.eu/article/how-a-fake-russian-story-became-a-real-problem-for-estonia/

How a fake Russian story became a real problem for Estonia

Inside the People’s Republic that wasn’t.

POLITICO
Unmasking the “Narva People’s Republic”

Hint: It Was Not the GRU!

The Baltic Flank