West Must Avoid Russian ‘Trap’ in Talks, Estonian Premier Says
Kaja Kallas, Estonia's prime minister, in Brussels on Dec. 16, 2021.
Photographer: Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Bloomberg
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Estonia’s prime minister issued a warning that the European Union and the U.S. must avoid falling into a Russian “trap” in negotiations with the Kremlin, whose aim is to weaken security in the EU.
Russia’s negotiating tactics amount to “blackmail,” said Kaja Kallas, the Estonian premier, using some of the most hawkish language of an EU member state leader. A former Soviet republic, Estonia lies on the EU’s eastern frontier bordering Russia.