Overview
- Estonia's Foreign Ministry said a Russian coast guard vessel was seen on Nov. 2 flying a Wagner banner on the Narva River at the Estonia–Russia border.
- The ministry publicized the sighting with a photo and a pointed message referencing Wagner's past march toward Moscow.
- Estonian officials said the display suggests fractures in Russia's system following the war in Ukraine and Western pressure.
- Russian authorities had not publicly responded in the coverage cited, and Estonia said allies are tracking recent cross-border incidents.
- Context includes Wagner's 2023 mutiny, the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin soon after, efforts by Moscow to rein in the group, and its designation as a terrorist organization by Estonia, Ukraine, and others.