According to her, the agency together with MIA Russia Today consults with lawyers in Estonia and Moscow to prepare the necessary documents.
“The first set of documents we prepared, and I sent it today to the Bureau of Data on Money Laundering. Further - yes, the next stage we plan to go to court, ”TASS quoted Cheryshev.
Earlier, Russia Today MIA sent a request to the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board to verify the grounds for sanctions against Sputnik and agency employees.
The Estonian Foreign Ministry, in turn, reported that the European Commission recognized the appropriateness of Tallinn’s actions regarding Sputnik because of “influence on the agency’s activities”, Dmitry Kiselyov, general director of MIA Russia Today, under European sanctions.
On December 18, it became known that Sputnik Estonia received letters with threats of criminal prosecution if they did not stop working with the Russia Today MIA before January 1, 2020.