The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia said that today it summoned the acting official of the Russian embassy in Tallinn and handed him a diplomatic note that an employee of the Russian embassy with diplomatic status has been declared "persona non grata".

According to reports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia considers that the activity of the Russian diplomat was contrary to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and he must leave Estonia by March 29 at the latest.

The expelled Russian diplomat, as the Estonian ministry claims, "directly and actively participated in undermining the security and constitutional order of Estonia, spreading propaganda justifying Russian military actions and engaged in creating a split in Estonian society."