In a statement issued through the agency's press service, officials said that Laette has been taken into custody after being "caught red-handed while receiving materials of a classified nature from a Russian citizen."
The FSB stated that such activities
"are incompatible with the status of a diplomatic representative and are clearly hostile in nature towards the Russian Federation. Measures will be applied to the foreign envoy in accordance with the norms of international law."However, responding to the allegations, Estonian government officials said that the detention was "a set up" and the charges against Laette were "groundless."
















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