Estonian court sentenced a pro-Russian activist to 6.5 years imprisonment for organizing and vandalizing the interior minister's and a journalist's cars in December 2023 at the direction of the Russian GRU.

On December 5, 2023, an Estonian court handed down a sentence of six years and six months imprisonment to a pro-Russian activist convicted of orchestrating and carrying out vandalism against vehicles belonging to Estonia's interior minister and a journalist. The acts took place in December 2023. The court found that the vandalism was carried out at the behest of the Russian military intelligence service (GRU). The case exposes ongoing hostile hybrid activities by Russia to undermine Estonian government officials and media. Estonian prosecutors and representatives confirmed the activist's role in coordinated pro-Russian politically motivated vandalism, highlighting continued Russian intelligence meddling within Estonia. This legal measure serves to counter and deter Kremlin-backed provocations targeting Estonian political stability and civil society.