The delegation from Russia demanded that the Estonian authorities and border guards remove a banner in the border town of Narva with the inscription “Putin War Criminal” (“Putin is a war criminal”) and a portrait of the president, as the banner is visible to residents of Russian Ivangorod across the border. Photos posted on Facebook Museum Narva Muuseum, located in a medieval castle, on which a banner was hung.
The head of the Narva police department, Indrek Puvi, said that Estonia's actions are based on the laws of the country. Representatives of the Police and Border Guard Board specified that Estonian laws do not prohibit such a poster, Russian officials have no reason to demand that the banner be removed, RusDelfi reports .
Russian Ivangorod and Estonian Narva are separated by the Narova River. Through it, the banner is visible to the residents of Ivangorod. The poster was put up as part of an action that the museum is holding together with the Propastop association, which is engaged in “debunking propaganda” and fakes about Estonia .
The banner could also be a response to the actions of the authorities of the Russian Ivangorod. Previously, a screen was installed on the embankment in the border town to show the celebration of Victory Day, the broadcast of the concert could also be watched across the border.
During the Victory Parade on Red Square on May 9, they showed the only tank – the T-34, the parade itself lasted about 45 minutes. The air part of the parade was canceled, probably due to an attempted drone attack on the Kremlin in early May. This year, Putin spoke for about 10 minutes, in a speech he recalled the “saving of mankind from Nazism”, and also stated that now is a “tipping point”. Speaking about the war in Ukraine, Putin again claimed that the war was unleashed “against the Motherland”, and the Russian Federation allegedly protects the inhabitants of Donbass. At this time, according to the president, "Western elites are splitting society and sowing Russophobia", as well as "aggressive nationalism".