Estonia’s Harju County Court has found two Moldovan citizens guilty of setting fire to the Slava Ukraini restaurant in Tallinn. The attack was ordered by Russian special services.

According to the investigation, the crime was commited by the two men — Ivan Chihaial (born 1992) and his namesake Ivan Chihaial (born 1987) — linked to the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), state broadcaster ERR reported.

The younger admitted that in the summer of 2024, he established contact with representatives of the GRU. In December, he was instructed to set fire to a COOP store in Osula, Võru County, which he did on January 17. Later, he was tasked with setting fire to the Slava Ukraina restaurant. The man documented the crimes on video and sent the footage to his handlers before leaving the country.

Authorities in Latvia, Lithuania and Poland worked to detain the arsonists who were apprehended in Italy before being sent to Estonia to face trial, State Prosecutor Triinu Olev-Aas said.

The court sentenced the younger Chihaial to six and a half years in prison, and the older one to six months.

Source: https://err.ee/1609735656/slava-ukraina-restorani-suutamine-oli-venemaa-tellimustoo
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