US EditionRussian FSB Patrol Boat Flies Wagner Flag on Narva River Near Estonia
Estonia requested an explanation after a Russian Federal Security Service patrol boat flew the Wagner private military company flag near Narva, signaling possible internal Russian tensions.
- On November 2, 2025, a Russian Federal Security Service border patrol boat flew a Wagner private military company flag near Narva River, Estonia, as shown by photos from Estonia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Years after the June 2023 uprising led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian authorities have sought to centralize control over Wagner private military company, Estonia said.
- On social media, the MFA asked, `Is Wagner marching on Moscow again, or starting from St. Petersburg this time?` and joked, `From our side of the border, it looks like they've annexed the Russian border guard service.`
- Estonia has formally requested an explanation from the Russian Foreign Ministry after Tallinn reported several provocations in recent weeks and the Estonian Defense Forces neutralized a 250 kilogram bomb near Auvere on November 2.
- The Narva River forms part of the Estonia–Russia border, and Tallinn reports several provocations from Russia in recent weeks, including three Russian MiG-31 jets violating Estonian airspace on Sept. 19.
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A Russian border guard ship raised the Wagner flag on the Estonian border this Sunday. The incident rekindled diplomatic tensions between Moscow and Tallinn.
A wave of patrolling Russian coastal gases was mounted on the Narva River with a flag of the Wagner paramilitary organization, writes The Kyiv Independent. The image is surprised by the authorities during the river that...
A ship belonging to Russia's Coastal Pacific, which sails with a Pavilion belonging to the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, on weekend, on the Narva River - which leaves Estonia and Russia - has become the target of the ironic authorities from Tallinn.
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Key Points and Summary – Estonia says a Russian Coast Guard cutter on the Narva River flew a Wagner Group flag—an ominous signal from a mercenary brand that mutinied in 2023 and later lost its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin. Tallinn reads the banner as gray-zone coercion and a sign of Kremlin strain. Because Wagner isn’t formally the Russian military, Moscow could mask provocations as “rogue,” muddying any Article 5 trigger. A Polish F-16 pilot await…
Russia is provoking NATO more and more, but in its own country it is loitering around. An incident at the border is now causing whirlwind. Estonia is mocking.
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