Estonian law enforcement officers. File photo HELSINKI, May 7. Estonian police have detained a man who tore off a flag from the office of the Russian embassy in Tartu, Postimees reported on Friday. The police began to clarify the circumstances of the incident as part of the criminal proceedings initiated under the article on desecration of the official symbol of a foreign state. The investigative team managed to find the flag a few days after the incident, and on March 21 the flag was returned to the embassy. from the building of the office of the Russian embassy on Ülikooli Street. The guilty person faces a fine or imprisonment for up to one year,» the report says. a criminal case is initiated. «Probably an act of recklessness while intoxicated. The young man, questioned as a suspect, also said that he understands the impermissibility of his behavior and regrets what he did,» Reintal told Postimees.
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