Zakharova ironically commented on reports of the transfer of Estonian troops to the Russian border

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Maria Zakharova commented with irony on reports about Estonia’s active transfer of troops to the Russian borders.

Information has appeared in the media that Estonia is actively moving its troops to the Russian border and is building a new base in Narva to accommodate up to a thousand soldiers.

MOSCOW, October 5 - RIA Novosti. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, ironically commented to RIA Novosti on media reports about Estonia’s active deployment of troops to the Russian borders.

“KP (Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper) has a last page where they publish photographs of girls and jokes. The Financial Times should have the same section for such news,” she told the agency.

Earlier, the publication wrote that Estonia is actively moving its troops to the Russian border as part of an active defense program. It is noted that the military command is building a new base in Narva to accommodate up to 1 thousand soldiers.

In recent years, the Russian Federation has noted unprecedented NATO activity along its western borders. The alliance is expanding initiatives and calling it "containment of Russian aggression." Russian authorities have repeatedly expressed concern about the bloc's build-up in Europe. The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly repeated that Russia remains open to dialogue with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but on an equal basis, while the West must abandon the course of militarizing the continent.