Estonia considers restoring ailing bogs to protect against Putin

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Estonia is analysing an unusual strategy to protect its territory from possible Russian invasions: the rehabilitating of degraded turbulence, which may become a natural trap for Putin's tanks, but also an alliance against pollution and climate change, reports Politico.

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The Baltic countries are exploring the possibility of revitalizing dried-out peat bogs as a means of both protecting against a potential Russian attack and combating climate change. Discussions are ongoing between the Ministries of Defense and Environmental Protection.

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Estonian authorities are now exploring the possibility of restoring drained peat bogs, thereby killing two birds with one stone. On the one hand, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and on the other, to strengthen the country's defenses against a possible Russian invasion.

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Estonia is pondering the feasibility of restoring swamps and peatlands that existed in the past as a natural obstacle, which in the event of a potential invasion of the Russian Federation will help deter the enemy army.