Russia has refused to give the Estonian foreign minister an entry visa, sparking a diplomatic row with Tallinn and putting relations with Brussels to the test.
The Estonian minister, Urmas Paet, had received an invitation to take part in a trilateral conference between Estonia, Finland and Russia’s north western regions two weeks ago, and was due to travel to St Petersburg on Thursday (10 November).
The official Russian reason for not issuing the travel document is that diplomatic...
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