Event 47

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Russia",
    "Estonia",
    "EE-RU"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple independent social media sources and video/photo evidence document Russian border guards' direct involvement in staging and filming a migrant crossing at the Estonian frontier. Specific references to location and actors are visually and textually backed by the provided screenshot.",
  "countries": [
    "Estonia",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Estonia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Russian border guards are reportedly orchestrating the passage of migrants across the border to Estonia, with security footage showing border guards setting up cameras as a group of migrants prepares to cross. This is happening as Estonia closes its border, with attention drawn to the Russian production set-up and the involvement of migrants seemingly brought by Russian authorities.",
  "event_time_utc": "2023-11-22T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Screenshot shows Russian border guard setting up a camera on a bridge/rail.",
    "Tweet references a video and security footage with production-like setup at the border, involving border guards and migrants.",
    "Cross-posted video from NEXTA describes Russian involvement in facilitating and filming the crossing.",
    "Screenshot of border guard setting up a camera at the border.",
    "Post and reply chain describing and showing video evidence of migrants being escorted by Russian officials to the border and permitted by Estonian border guards to cross."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "As 🇪🇪 is closing its border, 🇷🇺 border guards are testing 🇪🇪 by passing migrants without entry right to Schengen. Below — security footage of 🇷🇺 border guard setting up camera before the let a group of migrants to proceed from 🇷🇺 border to 🇪🇪.",
    "\"A group of refugees from Africa and the Middle East was brought by Russian special services to the Russian-Estonian border the day before.\"",
    "border guards are testing 🇪🇺 by passing migrants without entry right to Schengen",
    "security footage of 🇪🇪 border guard setting up camera before he let a group of migrants to proceed from 🇷🇺 border to 🇪🇺",
    "A group of refugees from Africa and the Middle East was brought by Russian Special Services to the Russian-Estonian border the day before. The video... shows how Estonian security officials look at what is happening and record what is happening, then open the doors and let the group into Estonia."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://x.com/paivootele/status/1727214253080293852"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Weaponized Migrants. Propaganda.",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Screenshot shows Russian border guard setting up a camera on a bridge/rail.",
            "Tweet references a video and security footage with production-like setup at the border, involving border guards and migrants.",
            "Cross-posted video from NEXTA describes Russian involvement in facilitating and filming the crossing."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Estonian border guards seen recording as Russian officials facilitate migrant crossing to Estonia",
  "location_text": "Russian-Estonian border",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_47_1763914345_84167e46.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Propaganda filming using Migrants",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://x.com/paivootele/status/1727214253080293852"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Russian officials brought migrants to the Estonian border and Estonian guards apparently recorded and let them cross.",
  "url": "https://x.com/paivootele/status/1727214253080293852"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Weaponized Migrants. Propaganda. ",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "EE-RU",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "EE",
  "Date": "22-Nov-23",
  "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": "Propaganda filming using Migrants",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "?? Propaganda.  Film Production at ?? -?? Border.  ?? security footage of ?? border guard setting up camera before the let a group of migrants to proceed from ?? border to ??.",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://x.com/paivootele/status/1727214253080293852 ",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "1 screen snapshot",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}