Estonia’s state prosecutor announced on Monday that charges have been filed against six former employees of the Estonian branch of Danske Bank, Denmark’s largest lender. The individuals are accused of laundering at least $1.6 billion and 6 million euros ($6.58 million) between 2007 and 2015. The operations at the branch came under scrutiny after it was discovered that some 200 billion euros ($219.5 billion) in suspicious payments flowed through the non-resident portfolio of the small branch during the same period.…

The Foreign Ministry of Estonia has declared a Russian diplomat working at Moscow’s embassy in Tallinn as persona non grata for spreading propaganda. The diplomat has been ordered to leave the country within five days. In a statement, the ministry accused the diplomat of “undermining security and constitutional order by spreading propaganda.” The diplomat has been required to leave Tallinn by March 29. Estonia has been critical of Russia’s actions in the region and has previously been referred to by…

Estonia’s Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas, has urged the G7 nations to tighten the oil cap in order to squeeze Russia’s revenue and make it more difficult for them to fund the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict. Kallas spoke out against any potential easing of sanctions against Russia, which Moscow has been pushing for in exchange for a deal to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea. Kallas, who was attending talks among the EU’s 27 national leaders in Brussels, emphasised that the…