Event 221

{
  "category": "Political",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Date, headline, and key quotes are clearly visible in both structured data and screenshot. The article centers on a diplomatic position statement, not a hybrid-warfare event.",
  "countries": [
    "Estonia",
    "NATO"
  ],
  "country": "Estonia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas stated that Estonia will not hinder the candidacies of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte or Romanian President Klaus Iohannis for NATO Secretary General. Estonia is prepared to support both candidates and prioritizes NATO unity and cohesion.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-03-27T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Headline and statement by Estonian PM indicate position on NATO Secretary General selection."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Estonia is prepared to support the candidacies of both Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis as next NATO secretary general, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) said Tuesday.",
    "\"We will not hinder Mark Rutte's candidacy for NATO secretary general,\" said Kallas.",
    "Estonia is not planning to submit its own candidate and wants the alliance to agree on a leader as soon as possible."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Political Disruption To Favor Kremlin",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Headline and statement by Estonian PM indicate position on NATO Secretary General selection."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Prime minister: We will not hinder Mark Rutte NATO secretary general candidacy",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_221_1763920026_0efab0d9.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Huge Kremlin win: \"political disruptions that change laws to favor Kremlin.\" This was a Russian playbook, multi-step operation to diminish Kallas' reputation at home and abroad to reduce her chances of winning the NATO chief nomination.  ?? cancer infected international policy brains. B231",
  "political_disruption_countries": [
    "EE",
    "NATO-wide"
  ],
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609295337/prime-minister-we-will-not-hinder-mark-rutte-nato-secretary-general-candidacy"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Estonia signals non-opposition and potential support to both Mark Rutte and Klaus Iohannis as next NATO Secretary General.",
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609295337/prime-minister-we-will-not-hinder-mark-rutte-nato-secretary-general-candidacy"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "political disruption to favor Kremlin",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "EE;NATO-wide",
  "Date": "27-Mar-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Huge Kremlin win: \"political disruptions that change laws to favor Kremlin.\" This was a Russian playbook, multi-step operation to diminish Kallas' reputation at home and abroad to reduce her chances of winning the NATO chief nomination.  ?? cancer infected international policy brains. B231",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "EE NATO-wide",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Kajas Kallas steps out of NATO Chief candidacy",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://news.err.ee/1609295337/prime-minister-we-will-not-hinder-mark-rutte-nato-secretary-general-candidacy",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}