Russia declared prime minister Estonia, Kaja Kallasalready high-ranking officials and deputies Latvia And Lithuania, According to the database Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The basis for the order is destruction or damage caused monuments Soviet soldiers in the Baltic country, sources in the Russian security forces told the agency today TASS.
In this regard, the representative Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, Today at a press conference, he accused the Baltic countries of “hostile actions against the historical memory” of Russia.
According to the digital newspaper Middle zone, had access to the database, the reason in the case of Callas is the withdrawal of the Soviet T-34 tank from the city in August 2022 Narva, border with Russia, along with other monuments.
The source emphasizes that at the end of the same year, the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrikin, ordered an investigation into this case.
Callas, 46, is one of the world’s most powerful voices. European Union (EU) And NATO in favor of arms supplies Ukraine and tightening sanctions against Russia.
In January 2021, she became the first woman to head the Baltic country’s government, a position she resumed when her party won legislative elections in March last year.
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In addition, he was put on the wanted list and captured. Secretary of State from Estonia, Taimar Peterkop and Lithuanian Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys.
“Mediazona” clarifies that the list also included 59 out of 68 deputies Parliament Latvian for voting for the denunciation of the treaty with Russia on the preservation of monuments.
In connection with the dismantling of the Soviet monument in the city. Riga, fifteen municipal deputies from the Latvian capital were also included in the list, as were former ministers of the interior, finance, justice or agriculture.
In the case of Lithuania, a similar incident occurred in the capital. Vilnius, led to the search and detention of Kairys and six other municipal deputies.
The same thing happened in the Lithuanian port Klaipeda, after which they were included in the Internal List at mayor city and 24 other people, including officials and historians.
Mediazona also mentions several Polish officials who were wanted and detained, including the mayor of the city Walbrzych, Roman Shelemei, or President of the Institute of National Remembrance, Karol Nawrocki.
“For crimes against the memory of those who freed the world from Nazism And fascism you must answer! “This is just the beginning!” – Foreign Ministry press secretary Maria Zazharova commented on her social network. Telegram.
Russia has opened 16 criminal cases regarding the destruction, damage and desecration of monuments, memorials and graves of Soviet soldiers in the three Baltic countries. Poland and Ukraine.