Is it true that Kaya Kallas asked Russians more seriously to anti -Russian sanctions?

In March 2023, the circulation of the head of the Estonian government was dispersed over the network, in which it calls for citizens of the Russian Federation not to ridicule political and economic measures directed against their country. We checked whether such a Callas spoke.

According to the report, the Prime Minister of Estonia said: “The coordination of each package of sanctions against Russia is a complex process in which all participants in the European Union are included. The approval of new sanctions takes weeks, months. Nevertheless, Russians allow themselves to joke on the Internet on every new package of sanctions, frankly mocking our work. I really ask them to take this seriously and show at least some respect. ”

This news amused the State Duma deputy and ex-champion of the world on boxing Nikolai Valuev, who in his own in his social networks Kallas thanked that she "brings glimpses of the Baltic Sun into the gray spring St. Petersburg everyday life." The statement of the Estonian policy was told "MK in Bryansk","Bryansk news","Mriya" Newsland, AFTERSHOCK, "YaPlakal"And other resources. The news has gained special popularity into Telegram - it was distributed channels "Sheikh Tamir"(175,000 views at the time of writing of the analysis),"Cat Kostyan"(111 000),"Urgent news"(110 000)"Ukraine.ru"(94,000),"Ramzan! War! Sexton! Story"(83,000),"Federation"(67 000),"Urgent news!"(61 000) and"Russia 2.0"(58 000).

February 25, 2023 EU Approved Another, already tenth package sanctions Against Russia since the beginning of its full -scale invasion of Ukraine a year ago. 87 individuals and 34 legal entities fell under the restrictions. Estonia is traditionally actively about sanctions measures - for example, she made proposals for adoption Eighth And Ninth packages. And already on March 16, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of this country Urmas Reinsalu He called The European Union develop a new package of anti -Russian sanctions, in which an important place will be given to reduce income from energy supplies. On March 23, the Prime Minister of Estonia Kai Callas also spoke on this subject. Upon arrival in Brussels to meet the heads of state and governments of the European Union, she called Do not weaken the sanctions Against Russia, also SupponingWhat a new package of measures can be discussed, but it is worth focusing on measures to eliminate loopholes that allow you to bypass existing restrictions. Judging by the lack of information in authoritative sources, she did no calls to the Russians on this and previous days.

Nevertheless, shortly after the appearance of the first news from Brussels, the above quote attributed to Kae Callas began to spread through the Russian-speaking Telegram channels. According to the TGSTAT service, the first statement of the Estonian Prime Minister Published A channel called “But my Yandex Kid” March 23 at 14:40 Moscow time. The description of the channel says that its texts are "a parody, a satire on political reality, only proven fakes." This is far from the first time that the jokes born on the channel, then completely seriously diverge over the network, and at least two cases ("verified" pro both) It was about the words allegedly said by the same Kallas. And here we are dealing with the next satirical news, which has become a viral - up to the reaction of the State Duma deputy.

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