Estonia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Russian Ambassadors to Latvia and Estonia Mikhail Vanin and Vladimir Lipayev from their posts. Two presidential decrees on this issue were published on Friday, March 31, on the official Internet portal of legal information.

The Estonian Foreign Ministry summoned the charge d'affaires of the Russian Embassy to hand him a diplomatic note on the expulsion of an employee of the Russian embassy from the country.

Estonian President Alar Karis refused to sign and publish a law passed by parliament on the demolition of Soviet monuments as dangerous and inciting enmity objects. He motivated his decision by the vagueness of the wording and inconsistencies with the Constitution, so the bill was returned for revision.

The Ukrainian army is experiencing a shortage of ammunition.

The Estonian Police and Border Guard Department has decided to revoke the residence permit of the organizer of the Immortal Regiment campaign in the country, Sergei Chaulin. He was asked to leave the country.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the lowering of the level of diplomatic relations with Estonia as a response to the actions of Tallinn. The level of diplomatic representation on both sides is lowered to the charge d'affaires. Estonian Ambassador Margus Laidre has been ordered to leave Russia by February 7.

Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu (pictured) said that the authorities of the republic are going to work out a mechanism for transferring frozen Russian assets worth 17 billion euros to Ukraine. The official did not name specific dates.