The Estonian Foreign Ministry announced today that it has decided to expel a Russian diplomat working in the Moscow embassy in the country.
The Estonian Foreign Ministry accused the Russian diplomat of spreading justified propaganda "military operation" In Ukraine, and causes divisions in Estonian society, explaining that he must leave the country no later than the 29th of this month.
In turn, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow would respond to the expulsion of a Russian diplomat from Estonia.
The Estonian Foreign Ministry had earlier summoned the Russian ambassador to Tallinn, Vladimir Libaev, and handed him a memorandum stating the need for Russia to reduce the number of its embassy staff in Tallinn. Russia, for its part, announced the expulsion of the Estonian ambassador in Moscow, and a reduction in the level of diplomatic representation with Tallinn. /, in response to similar measures taken by the Estonian authorities.
