The Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) says it will file suit against an academic and against some media outlets in Estonia over an article published by online portal Politico last weekend, unless a rebuttal is issued. in the course of this current week, and to the same extent and visibility as the slander was first presented in these publications," the EKRE statement went on. "Claims to the contrary constitute deliberately spread disinformation, whose aim is to influence the outcome of the Riigikogu elections," the EKRE statement continued. More specifically, Politico alleged that Prigozhin staffers had used EKRE as a conduit for influencing the May 2019 European elections, in fact, by supporting EKRE's campaigning. Media outlets inside Estonia itself which carried the Politico story include portal Delfi.
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