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PEETER ESPAK | We learned that a viral amnesia may be spreading inside the RKIK building. But Elmar Vaher seemed to be telling the truth

From Postimees · () Estonian

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

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  • A Postimees opinion column reviews a press conference held by Estonia’s State Defence Investment Centre, or RKIK.
  • The writer says the event produced little information beyond what the public had already learned from the media.
  • The column argues that a full clarification of the matter would be highly unlikely, while suggesting Elmar Vaher appeared to be telling the truth.

The press conference at Estonia’s State Defence Investment Centre may have revealed something after all: that a kind of viral amnesia is spreading through the RKIK building. Yet Elmar Vaher, at least, appeared to be telling the truth.

That is the sharply ironic conclusion of Peeter Espak’s Postimees column. The event offered plenty that could be learned or inferred, but almost no genuinely new information. Most of what emerged had already reached the public through media reports.

Espak is deeply skeptical that the matter will ever be properly cleared up. If something is actually established, he writes, it would be about as miraculous as a virgin birth in a brothel.

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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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