Event 2b6ba550-e960-4812-adf2-8a67705146a2

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Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Espionage Country: Estonia Country: Russia
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Event Time
1y ago
Created
1mo ago
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Updated
1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Prosecution in Estonia charges journalist who wrote for Russian media with treason

Short Summary: Estonian journalist charged with treason and sanctions violation for working with Russian state media.

Description

Estonia has charged an Estonian journalist who wrote for Russian media with treason and violation of international sanctions. The Public Prosecutor's Office alleges that the journalist knowingly cooperated with Russian state media in a manner deemed harmful to Estonia's security, at a time of ongoing Russian aggression.

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The Public Prosecutor's Office accuses Estonian citizen journalist Svetlana Burceva (57) of violating international sanctions and treason.
The office considers it to be an act of treason that Burceva knowingly cooperated with Russian state media and provided them with information.
Burceva, who has written articles for Russian state media since at least 2020, was arrested in April this year.

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