Estonia Scandal: Indian Company with No Shell-Producing Experience Earned €70 Million
Translated from Latvian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Estonia transferred €70 million to an Indian company that had not previously sold artillery shells, according to the report.
- The shells were intended for Ukraine, but Estonia received only new promises instead of ammunition.
- Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur resigned after the issue became public.
A scandal has swept Estonia after the country transferred €70 million to a company that had never previously sold an artillery shell, according to Delfi Latvia.
The ammunition was intended for Ukraine. Instead of receiving the shells, Estonia received only new promises, the report said.
The controversy became public this week. Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur then resigned, while Delfi reconstructed the course of the scandal.
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Originally published by Delfi Latvia in Latvian. 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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