Russia wants Estonian Prime Minister and other Baltic government officials wanted. This is due to his involvement in the destruction of a monument to Soviet soldiers who fought against Nazi Germany in World War II.
The Baltic states have strong anti-Russian sentiments due to their history of being annexed by the former Soviet Union. Since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, there has been a series of moves to remove monuments praising Soviet soldiers as liberators from Nazi Germany. has strongly opposed the move, calling it a ``distortion of history.''