Minister: Ottawa Convention Withdrawal Enhances Estonia's Defense Options

Estonian authorities have expelled a Ukrainian citizen who is suspected of hiding contacts with Russian intelligence services.

Minister: Ottawa Convention withdrawal enhances Estonia's defense options

Leaving the Ottawa Convention on land mines would give the Estonian Defence Forces (EDF) greater flexibility in the country's defense at a time of heightened tensions, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) said.

This is reported by ERR.It is noted that the citizen of Ukraine Stanislav Matlak has lived in Estonia since 2019 on the basis of the relevant residence permit. However, the state security police established that the man had contacts with the Russian FSB and with his actions supported the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.Law guards and border guards for national security reasons expelled Matlak from Estonia, handing him over t…

A Ukrainian citizen with a residence permit in Estonia had contacts with the Russian intelligence service of the FSB and supported Russia ' s aggression against Ukraine by his actions.

Estonia expelled Ukrainian citizen Stanislav Matlak, suspected of links to the Russian FSB, and handed him over to Ukrainian authorities. — Ukrinform.

Estonia has expelled and handed over Ukrainian citizen Stanislav Matlak to the Ukrainian authorities. He maintained contacts with the Russian FSB. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to ERR. At the suggestion of the Estonian Security Police (KAPO), the Police and Border Guard Board revoked Matlak's residence permit for reasons of national security. He had been living in the country since 2019. KAPO established that the Ukrainian had …