Russia has declared the Estonian diplomat persona non grata

Moscow’s decision was a response to the expulsion of an employee of the Russian embassy in Tallinn.

Russia declared the Estonian diplomat persona non grata “on the basis of the principle of reciprocity.” This was announced on March 31 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

It was noted that on Friday the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed a “strong protest” to Estonia’s charge d’affaires in the Russian Federation, Yana Vanamelder, in connection with the March 24 announcement persona non grata of a Russian diplomatic employee. embassy in Tallinn.

“Based on the principle of reciprocity, it was announced that a diplomat of a similar level from the Estonian embassy in Moscow will have to leave Russia, and within the same time frame specified by the Estonian side for the departure of our colleague, ” insisted the ministry.

In addition, the head of the Estonian diplomatic mission informed that the Russian Federation “will be forced to implement other retaliatory measures.”

Moscow blamed “for the complete collapse of bilateral relations” Tallinn.

It will be recalled that last week the Estonian Foreign Ministry announced that it will expel an employee of the Russian embassy from the country for active participation in destroying the country’s security and constitutional structure.

According to the ministry, Russian diplomats are actively involved in spreading propaganda that justifies Russia’s military actions.

As reported Correspondent.netin January Russia decided to downgrade diplomatic relations with Estonia and expel its ambassador Margus Laidre.

In response, Estonia and Latvia took similar action against Russian representatives.

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