Russia `abducts´ Estonian Officer after Obama´s warning
This is bad: Russia 'abducts' Estonian officer after Obama says US will defend Estonia
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On Friday morning, less than 48 hours after President Obama delivered a speech in Estonia warning that Russian aggression against Estonia could trigger war with the US and NATO, Russian security forces have seized an officer with Estonia's state security bureau at gunpoint and taken him into Russia.
Estonia says the officer was kidnapped (or "abducted") on Estonian soil and taken across by force. Moscow says the Estonian officer was on Russian soil and detained with a gun, 5,000 euros and "materials that have the character of an intelligence mission." Nearby Estonian police radios were reportedly jammed during the incident.
The incident comes at a moment when Europe and the US are extremely concerned that Russia might attempt military action against Estonia as it has against Ukraine. Just on Wednesday, the United States publicly committed to Estonia's military defense, meaning that a Russian invasion of Estonia would trigger war between Russia and the US, a prospect so dangerous that the world managed to avoid it throughout even the Cold War.
"Unidentified persons coming from Russia took the freedom of an officer of Estonian Security police officer on the territory of Estonia," Estonia's state prosecutor's office announced, shortly before Russia claimed responsibility. "The officer was taken to Russia using physical force and at gunpoint."
I'm russian actually (like, it's my mother tongue and I go to russian school) & everyone around me supports Russia (and Putin especially: he's like a cult leader). I'm the one that's not interested in all this political ********, and I support neither sides cause war is always bad like
I'm russian actually (like, it's my mother tongue and I go to russian school) & everyone around me supports Russia (and Putin especially: he's like a cult leader). I'm the one that's not interested in all this political ********, and I support neither sides cause war is always bad like
I'm russian actually (like, it's my mother tongue and I go to russian school) & everyone around me supports Russia (and Putin especially: he's like a cult leader). I'm the one that's not interested in all this political ********, and I support neither sides cause war is always bad like
That's actually extremely worrying to hear. The Estonian economy is actually growing so well now, but if Russia tries to invade the country
Not them trying to start **** again. As soon as the peace trait on Ukraine was "accepted", they still find ways to place any blame on Russia. Do you really see "invasion" possible? Like, who in Russia needs to "invade" this small russophobic piece of land. Stay calm, stay European, scream about "bad russians" and have "economic growth" as you want, as long as there are no NATO bases there (which means, almost on Russia's border), nobody in Russia really cares about you, sorry.
