Three months into his invasion of Ukraine,the Russian president drew parallels between Peter the Great’s founding of St Petersburg and his own modern-day ambitions.
Germany meanwhile has reportedly blocked Estonia from giving military support to Ukraine by refusing to issue permits for German-origin weapons to be exported to Kyiv.
The vaccine passport is a document that has existed for more than two centuries,but it has rarely promised to hold so much power over culture and commerce.
Breaking from the previous government,43-year-old Kaja Kallas also pledged not to spend any more public money to support Estonia’s fossil fuel industry,and end oil shale mining by 2040.
The governments of Estonia,Finland and Sweden have said they would investigate the claim,which comes after years of complaints by families of the victims and survivors over the lack of a proper inquiry.
"For us,there has not been much liberation,"says our guide,with characteristic Baltic understatement.
Lovely old Europe,once vibrant,feels dog-tired,swamped by tourists and in need of a good lie down. But not the Baltic States.
The far-right picked up about 18 per cent of the vote in the small Baltic nation. The mainstream parties have vowed not to include the populists in government.
Estonia has survived a cyber skirmish with the Kremlin:it says the secret is to show no weakness,hesitation or disunity.
Australia's seen a rash of pop-up bars,clothing stores and art installations. Now we even have a pop-up embassy - in Estonia.
'White hat'hackers will test their ability to withstand a co-ordinated cyber-attack against a major civilian internet service provider and military airbase.