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Analysis: Who Will Be Estonia’s Next Defence Minister? Not Vaga, Laanet or Vseviov

From Postimees · () Estonian

Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur resigned after taking responsibility for the state defence investment centre’s €60 million advance payment to India’s Datasel.
  • The payment did not deliver the ammunition Ukraine needed, leaving fresh questions about who will replace Pevkur.
  • Postimees considers several potential successors, while ruling out Vaga, Laanet and Vseviov in the headline.

Hanno Pevkur resigned as Estonia’s defence minister after taking responsibility for a €60 million advance payment made to the Indian company Datasel by the State Defence Investment Centre, or RKIK. The ammunition needed by Ukraine did not arrive.

The resignation immediately opened a new political question: who will take over the Defence Ministry? As questions accumulated on Thursday, Postimees examined the possible succession and ruled out three names in its headline: Vaga, Laanet and Vseviov.

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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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