Russians in Estonia trolled with portrait of Putin-war criminal
On Tuesday, 9 May, a poster showing an image of Vladimir Putin with the caption that he is a war criminal was hung on the wall of a castle in the Estonian city of Narva at the border with Russia.
Source: European Pravda, referring to an Estonian media outlet, ERR
Details: The border between the Estonian city of Narva and the Russian town of Ivangorod lies along the Narva River. The poster was hung on the wall of the castle with a view of the Ivangorod fortress, located in the territory of Russia. This action was organised by the Narva Museum.
"This is not a provocation but an installation planned by the museum and the Propastop organisation. The poster will be up for a few days. It unambiguously reminds onlookers that there is a border with Russia here in Narva.
The poster was hung on the same wall as the Estonian flag. This is the place located directly opposite a large venue and a stage on the opposite side (of the river and the border – ed.)," Maria Smorzhevskih–Smirnova, the director of the Narva Museum, explained on 9 May.
She added that Estonians need to remember that a full-scale war, started by Russian President Vladimir Putin, is ongoing nearby.
"We deemed it necessary to put up this installation and remind the public that everything has its own price," Smorzhevskih-Smirnova stated.
She stressed that it was nevertheless hard to make such a reminder "on such a sad and memorable day of the victory over fascism".
The goal of the action is to debunk the propaganda and fake news spread by the Russian media.
On 9 May, in the Russian town of Ivangorod, a concert dedicated to Victory Day will be held near the fortress. It will be seen from a river promenade near the border in Narva.
Background:
- The activists of the Euromaidan-Warsaw in Warsaw woke the Russian diplomats up with the sounds of sirens and bombings on 9 May at 6:00.
- People have been protesting for more than 400 days in a row in front of the Russian consulate in the Finnish city of Mariehamn to support Ukraine.
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