FDP politician Michael Rubin is wanted by Russia. Rubin has Belarusian roots and has been campaigning against the dictator of his home country.
He suspects that the Kremlin put him on the wanted list to do the Belarusian regime a favor. A search is also underway for Estonian State Secretary Taimar Peterkop and Lithuanian Culture Minister Simonas Kairys. The background is the removal of Soviet monuments from public spaces in Estonia and Lithuania since Russia's attack on Ukraine, mrc says.