MOSCOW/VILNIUS, Lithuania ¨C Russian police have put Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Lithuania¡¯s culture minister, and members of the previous Latvian parliament on a wanted list for destroying Soviet-era monuments, according to the Russian interior ministry¡¯s database.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Kallas was wanted for the ¡°desecration of historical memory.¡±
Russian state agency TASS said the Baltic officials were accused of ¡°destroying monuments to Soviet soldiers,¡± acts that are punishable by a five-year prison term under the Russian criminal code.
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