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Nordic, Baltic States Call on Russia to Release Estonian Policeman


Nordic and Baltic foreign ministers, meeting in Copenhagen on Thursday, called on Russia to immediately release an Estonian policeman who they say was “abducted” from his country and jailed for 15 years in a case that violated international law.

Eston Kohver was sentenced last month for espionage, in a case that undermined relations between the north European countries and Moscow, already soured by Russia’s annexation of Crimea and support for Ukrainian rebels.

“Mr. Kohver’s abduction and subsequent illegal detention in Russia constitute a clear violation of international law,” the ministers from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuanian, Norway and Sweden said in …read more

Source: Voice of America

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