The Russian side did not find anything better than to explain the reason for the refusal by the slowness of the Estonian side. A minister’s visit is always prepared in advance, but a note from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a request for a visa to Urmas Paet was received literally two days before the event, and it could only be issued by violating all the rules in force in the Russian Federation for receiving high-ranking foreign officials, the Russian Foreign Ministry explained . Jokes aside, but it’s not far from a scandal on a national scale.