According to the publication, the new deputy mayor of Tallinn for city real estate issues, Viljar Jaamu, confirmed today that the mayor’s office sent the management of the EPC MP an official notice of termination of the lease contract for the premises located in the old town. in Pikk 64/1. In this place is the office of Metropolitan Eugene, who was previously forced to leave the territory of Estonia.
Estonian Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets announced today that there are no plans to declare the Russian Orthodox Church a terrorist organization in Estonia. Before this, the head of the Estonian Interior Ministry said that he would propose to the Estonian parliament to recognize the Moscow Patriarchate as a terrorist organization in order to finally ban its activities. However, the opposition Center Party opposed this.
The Russian Embassy in Tallinn previously stated that our country considers Läänemets’ statement on the COE as an usurpation of freedom of religion and a violation of the constitutional rights of Estonian residents.