Moscow (CNN) -- An Estonian security officer detained by Russia last week has been charged with espionage and could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted, one of his lawyers said Thursday. Security officer Eston Kohver is currently in a detention center in Moscow, lawyer Mark Feygin told CNN over the phone. Estonia summoned Russia's ambassador on Friday to demand an explanation regarding what it described as the abduction of a security official near the countries' joint border. Russian officials say the Estonian was detained in Russia's northwest Pskov region, where they allege he was carrying out an undercover operation, according to a report from state-run news agency Itar-Tass.

He said two lawyers, one of them
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Mark Feygin, had been appointed to represent Kohver in what he called an "extremely complicated situation."


By Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor David Cameron has blown the row over the next EU Commission chief 'out of all proportion', veteran Tory Cabinet minister Ken Clarke said today. Mr Clarke said the front runner for the Brussels job, Jean-Claude Juncker, was 'not an arch villain' as had been portrayed. His remarks came after the Prime Minister vowed to fight against Mr Juncker's appointment until the end. Mr Cameron held talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Dutch PM Mark Rutte over the appointment tonight. A Downing Street spokesperson said Mr Cameron explained that his opposition 'would not change'.

Business Secretary Vince Cable said Mr
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Cameron's behaviour had damaged Britain's influence in Europe


(CNN) -- An armed group detained 43 U.N. peacekeepers in Syria near the country's only border crossing with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights early Thursday, a day after militants took the crossing from the Syrian regime, the United Nations said. Those holding the peacekeepers are members of the al Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front, one of the groups fighting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, an Israeli military official told CNN on condition of anonymity. "The United Nations is making every effort to secure the release of the detained peacekeepers, and to restore the full freedom of movement of the force throughout its area of operation," the U.N. said in a news release.

In June 2013, rebels and Syrian forces battled for control of
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Quneitra.