Estonian PM on Russian Wanted List Over Efforts to Remove Soviet-Era War Memorials

FILE - Workers remove a Soviet T-34 tank installed as a monument in Narva, Estonia, Aug. 16, 2022. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to a renewed push to topple the last remaining monuments to the Soviet army that remained in Europe. FILE - Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas speaks during an interview, in Brussels, on Dec. 13, 2023. Russia on Feb. 13, 2024, declared Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas a "wanted" person. FILE - A sculpture depicting a Soviet army soldier is knocked down during dismantling of a Soviet World War Two victory monument in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 23, 2022.

Russia has declared Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and officials from other eastern European nations as "wanted" over their efforts to remove Soviet-era war memorials in their countries.