Supreme Court partially overturns conviction linked to anti-Soviet resistance

ERR News7 November 2026, 08:57 UTCEstonia

The Estonian Supreme Court on Friday partially rehabilitated a man convicted by the Supreme Court of the Estonian SSR in 1979 for attempting to flee the Soviet Union by boat and for stealing weapons, boats and boat engines.

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