Event 985601f1-7629-4bff-937a-73b66c7e8baf

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Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Uncategorized Country: Estonia Country: Lithuania Country: Latvia Country: Russia

Source: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2200450/baltics-det ...

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Event Time

1y ago

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1mo ago

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1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Baltics detain people suspected of organising Russia-directed influence operations

Description

Baltic states detained individuals suspected of organizing Russia-directed influence operations. Estonia broke up a Russian influence operation, arresting 10 people, both Russian nationals and dual Russian-Estonian citizens. The operation included damage to property, attacks on officials, and spreading fear through social media.

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Estonian security services had broken up a Russian influence operation and arrested 10 people related to it, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday.

The operation involved damaging property and defacing monuments, as well as attacks on the cars of Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets and editor of the news website Delfi in Estonia.

State Prosecutor Triinu Lühte said 10 people were arrested, including both Russian nationals and dual Russian-Estonian citizens.

Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) also said on Tuesday that Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian security and law enforcement authorities cooperated to arrest persons in both Estonia and Latvia who acted at the behest of Russia.

Reporteldy, Latvia’s State Security Service (VDD) detained a dual Estonian-Russian citizen for pouring red paint on a World War II memorial to Latvian soldiers who fought the Soviet Red Army.

Related URLs

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2200450/baltics-detain-people-suspected-of-organising-russia-directed-influence-operations

Source

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2200450/baltics-detain-people-suspected-of-organising-russia-directed-influence-operations

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