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Estonia will not renew the residence permit of Metropolitan Eugene of the Estonian Orthodox Church, the local branch of the Russian Orthodox Church, saying he is a threat to national security.
Police said Valery Reshetnikov had repeatedly been asked to stop justifying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and defending the Kremlin.
Estonia said on Thursday it would not renew the residence permit of the head of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, saying the Russian national was "a security risk."
Tallinn expels clergyman as a ‘threat to security.’
The Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) last Friday detained two people who had entered Estonia illegally, after stopping them in Tallinn. The men had crossed into the EU from Belarus in August, and were attempting to reach Sweden, via Estonia.