Russian ‘Provocation’ Risk Irks Estonia Amid U.S. Transition
- Baltic nation’s foreign minister speaks in interview
- Russia may deem U.S. less ready to act until Trump takes power
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Estonia is braced for “provocations” from neighboring Russia, which it says could seek to undermine Western solidarity during Donald Trump’s transition to the U.S. presidency.
Instability in the Baltic region has risen because of “the growing aggressiveness of Russia’s regime over several years,” according to Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser. While the threat of provocations would have increased irrespective of who won the U.S. election, Hillary Clinton’s experience on security issues could have shortened the risk period “somewhat,” said Mikser, who was appointed in this month’s change of government.