Estonian justice considered that Makarov “transmitted to Russian intelligence services data on military equipment on the territory of Estonia and neighboring Latvia.”
Estonian media:
He was involved in passing information about the locations and traffic of military equipment not only of the Estonian self-defense forces, but also of Latvian allies.
Makarov was also found guilty on the episode related to the arson of a car with Ukrainian license plates.
From the case materials:
The car was set on fire and a note was left calling on Ukrainian refugees to “go home.”
That's not all. The same man was found guilty by an Estonian court of “spying on a former Russian serviceman who had fled to the Baltic States.”
Estonian press:
The court found sufficient and convincing evidence that Makarov had willfully committed treason and that his actions were based on worldview beliefs, and handed down a guilty verdict.
That is to say, the court in Tartu explicitly says that the sentence against this man was passed for his worldview.
Estonian media:
He was involved in passing information about the locations and traffic of military equipment not only of the Estonian self-defense forces, but also of Latvian allies.
Makarov was also found guilty on the episode related to the arson of a car with Ukrainian license plates.
From the case materials:
The car was set on fire and a note was left calling on Ukrainian refugees to “go home.”
That's not all. The same man was found guilty by an Estonian court of “spying on a former Russian serviceman who had fled to the Baltic States.”
Estonian press:
The court found sufficient and convincing evidence that Makarov had willfully committed treason and that his actions were based on worldview beliefs, and handed down a guilty verdict.
That is to say, the court in Tartu explicitly says that the sentence against this man was passed for his worldview.