Estonia declares Russia a terrorist state, 'biggest danger to world peace'

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The Estonian parliament on Tuesday officially declared Russia a "terrorist regime" after a statement condemning the Kremlin's annexation of Ukrainian territories was approved by a large majority of Estonian lawmakers.

Eighty-eight of the 101 Estonian MPs in the Riigikogu voted to denounce Russia's military actions in Ukraine and declare that Estonia "will never recognize the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine through aggressions and sham referendums."

Russian President Vladimir Putin's threats of nuclear attacks "have turned Russia into the biggest danger to peace both in Europe and the world," the Estonian parliament continued. "The Riigikogu declares Russia a terrorist regime and the Russian Federation a country that supports terrorism, whose actions we must confront together."

"The Riigikogu declares Russia a terrorist regime and the Russian Federation a country that supports terrorism, whose actions we must confront together." Estonian parliament

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov thanked Estonia for its unequivocal message of support and for "standing on the right side of history," he said on Twitter.

The Parliament of Estonia @Riigikogu has joined its & colleagues & voted to designate the russian regime as a terrorist one.Thank you for standing on the right side of history.We appreciate security assistance & leadership in sanctioning tyranny. We will definitely win pic.twitter.com/878CCgdZn8 — Oleksii Reznikov (@oleksiireznikov) October 18, 2022

Estonia reaffirms Baltic front against Russia

The first nation to designate Russia a "terrorist state" was Estonia's Baltic neighbor Lithuania, whose parliament did so back in May. the parliament of Latvia, another Baltic nation, did the same back in August.

Ukraine had previously pushed for other nations to label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, with the Ukrainian parliament drafting a bill back in May calling for the United States to designate Moscow as such.

In response, Russia's foreign ministry warned the US that such a designation would result in the breaking of diplomatic relations between the two countries. A bipartisan resolution did pass the US Senate but was met with resistance by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, according to The New York Times.

Truthirdare on October 19th, 2022 at 12:11 UTC »

I was banned from r/conservative for stating that Russia was currently biggest threat to democracy in the world. Mod explained I was banned because China is worse and Ukraine was just as bad. And they didn’t want my type on his site. Wow

ChillinGuy2020 on October 19th, 2022 at 03:05 UTC »

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your enemies on the border.

Conscious-Sky56 on October 19th, 2022 at 02:37 UTC »

Bravo 🇪🇪 Estonia for calling Russia as it deserves