Russia puts Estonia leader on wanted list over removal of Soviet-era monuments

Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas speaks with the media as she arrives for a Nato summit in Vilnius, Lithuania (Mindaugas Kulbis/AP)

Estonia’s prime minister has been put on a wanted list in Russia because of her efforts to remove Soviet-era monuments in the Baltic nation, officials have said as tensions between Russia and the West soar amid the war in Ukraine.

The name of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas appeared on the Russian Interior Ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges.