Thread by @ArturRehi

The appointment of Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) as the EU foreign affairs chief has caused great anger among Russians. This is not only in Russia, but also among many who live in Europe, primarily in Estonia. The number of messages in social networks and the media aimed at
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discrediting Kallas has skyrocketed. It is obvious that Russia has launched an information attack at full power. And the Estonian media are falling into this pit as well. Every day, the Estonian media publish articles that in one way or another denigrate the work of Kallas
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and her cabinet. The main discontent is the increase in taxes and inflation, which is higher than in other countries. However, when discussing this, the media always misses several key facts. It cannot be said that Kaja and her government do not make mistakes, this is not
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true at all, but the main reason for the increase in expenses is the war unleashed by Russia in Ukraine and the fact that we are now forced to spend huge amounts of money on defense. The media are also silent about the fact that Estonia had close ties with Russia under the
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Centre Party. The Centre Party even had a friendship agreement with United Russia, Putin's party. Business in Estonia was closely tied to Russia, and the loss of Russian investment hit the Estonian economy hard. Despite everything, Estonia remains the country with the
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smallest gross government debt among the EU countries. Estonian media also wrote much less about the scandals of the Tallinn mayor from the Centre Party related to corruption, and about corruption in this party in general, about their mistakes in power. But Kaja Kallas
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and her party are attacked literally on a daily basis. The media should remain neutral, but there is no trace of this. Estonian media should explain daily that the increase in spending is related to aid to Ukraine, defense spending, and the severance of trade relations
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with Russia, but the bullying of Kaja Kallas is simply massive and is present in almost every Estonian news agency. Manipulation of information, quotes from Russian sources or commentators, as well as comments from the Estonian media themselves on any topics related to the
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ruling party occupy a huge part of the Estonian information field. Against this background, support for conservative far-right parties is growing, as in Europe as a whole. And this is what Russia usually achieves. The question arises - are our media so independent?
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There is no ideal government and there can't be. Kaya and her party also make mistakes, but the behavior of the media now raises a lot of questions about their neutrality and professionalism. Also, these information attacks show that Russia is really afraid of her
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appointment, because she has a very tough position regarding Russia. There will be more sanctions and more support for Ukraine and Russia does not like this.
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