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A New Russian Game on the Borders of the Baltics
We should care about Russian provocations but it’s extremely important how we care. "Putin - war criminal" poster on the wall of Narva Fortress, May 9, 2024 Source: Dmitri Fedotkin/ERR A small Telegram channel has begun in recent weeks to promote the idea of a so-called “Narva People’s Republic” in Estonia’s northeastern border city of Narva, where almost all the inhabitants are Russian speakers. The campaign uses separatist slogans, meme-style content, and imagery that imita
Mar 24


Punchlines: Wagner and Narva
Estonia responds to Russian trolling with ridicule. By Edward Lucas Source: Estonian MFA Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries are not the kind of people you want to see on your doorstep. So it was unwelcome news in Estonia when border guards spotted the group’s distinctive flag (skull and lightning bolts on black) on a Russian patrol boat on the Narva river. All the more so because Estonia is battling lazy journalism that depicts its eastern border city as a likely Russian tar
Nov 10, 2025


Estonia Closes the Crypto Market Hole
Over 1500 Suspected Crypto Companies Shut Down Among Regulation Breach and Ties to Russia. Photo: Agency «Moscow» / snob.ru Estonia has...
Oct 24, 2023
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