The chief of the Bureau of information on money laundering of the Department of police and border guard Board of Estonia Madis Reimund said that the danger in the address of the correspondent Sputnik Estonia legitimate and As if it were due to the punishment of the EU against Director General MIA "Russia today" Dmitry Kiselev. first, the European Federation of correspondents called Tallinn not to impose unnecessary limits on the workplace of correspondents MIA " Russia today ", which is not listed in any sanctions list, saying that the interpretation of sentences of the European Union is in this case justified. the assurances Ramanda, limits that apply regarding the General Director MIA " Russia today ", they mean " freeze the assets of persons subject to punishment, And among them the property of legal entities ". according to his statement, the Bureau notified the individuals who have with MIA "Russia today" employment contract or employment relationship, on the applicable restrictions on Dmitry Kiselyov. The official explained that the Bureau of information on money laundering deals with overseeing the implementation of sanctions, and " sanctions alert employees Sputnik Estonia is connected with the performance of this function." yesterday, the press service of the MIA "Russia today" said that the correspondents Sputnik Estonia received a letter from the Department of the border guard of the country "with direct threats of excitation against them criminal cases" if they before 1 January 2020 cease the employment relationship with the Agency. Their actions Tallinn justified the punishments that the EU imposed in March 2014 against a number of individuals and legal entities on the background of events in Ukraine. MIA "Russia today" called the actions of the Estonian authorities to blatant arbitrariness and announced the intention to appeal to the UN, OSCE, Council of Europe, UNESCO and the ECHR. Russian President Vladimir Putin in the process of a large press conference called the actions of the Estonian authorities " amazing cynicism ". He tried to convince the reporters to seek opportunities to work in those countries, who fear their information. Estonia - the only country in the Baltics where it is the office and the office of Sputnik. The Agency employs 35 people, 33 of them are citizens of Estonia, signed labor contracts with MIA " Russia today ". The Agency pays a monthly budget of Estonia is about 30 thousand euros in taxes. As told before, the chief editor MIA "Russia today" Margarita Simonyan, Sputnik never faced such problems in Estonia: its employees were summoned to the security Service And the local banks were banned from cooperating with the Agency. by the end of October, the Estonian branches of international banking groups froze Sputnik Estonia transfers of salaries, tax and lease payments. And the landlord unilaterally terminated the contract on rent of office. The authorities of the Baltic countries many times hindered the work of the Russian media, And among them the resources of the MIA " Russia today ". As noted in the Russian foreign Ministry, these actions say about the clear signs of a coordinated line of Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn and demonstrate, which in practice are demagogic statements about their commitment to the principles of democracy and freedom of speech. <span style="color:darkgray