MOSCOW, October 16. /TASS/. The West views Baltic states as low-grade fodder that it can throw at Russia after Ukraine is swallowed up, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said.

"Residents of Baltic countries must be aware that the West views them as a 'second echelon' for feeding into the proxy war after the Ukrainians. Is the example of Ukraine not enough to the Estonians, the Latvians and the Lithuanians?" the Russian diplomat asked rhetorically in an interview with NEWS.ru.

Estonia is actively moving troops to its border with Russia, The Financial Times reported. According to the British newspaper, the Estonian military is acquiring weaponry for strikes deep inside Russia and building a new military base for 1,000 troops in Narva, directly across from Russia’s Ivangorod.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on statements made by Estonia’s defense chief about the country’s readiness to fight Russia with the phrase "the circus has left – the clowns are still here."