Estonia Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu
Estonia's Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu has called for stronger punishments against Russia.Sergei Grits/AP
  • The foreign affairs minister was asked about the Russian president.

  • Western countries have not thrown more support toUkraine.

  • More sanctions were announced by Estonia, which was occupied by the Soviet Union.

During an interview in Berlin, the minister of foreign affairs from Estonia had a few choice words for the Russian president.

The foreign minister was asked if he wanted to see Putin go to jail.

He said bluntly that he was going to hell.

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The foreign minister previously defended his country's decision to ban Russians from visiting.

The "price is paid by the blood of Ukrainians" according to Reinsalu in the same interview.

According to the foreign minister, at the beginning of Russia's invasion, Estonia gave one-third of its military budget toUkraine. By the end of August, the Baltic state had donated over $200 million in support. The country has imposed a number of sanctions against Russia.

According to Radio Free Europe, the parliament of Estonia almost unanimously voted to declare Russia a terrorist regime.

The border with Russia is 183 miles long. The country was under the control of the Soviets for more than 50 years.

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