Estonia's Kaja Kallas refuses to resign over husband's Russia ties
Kaja Kallas’s anti-Kremlin credentials undermined by links with investment in Russian factory, say opponents
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Kaja Kallas’s anti-Kremlin credentials undermined by links with investment in Russian factory, say opponents
While Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has been trying to downplay the Russia-oriented business of Stark Logistics, an Estonian road haulage company co-owned by her husband Arvo Hallik, the Russia-oriented business of Metaprint, a holding of the largest owner of Stark Logistics, is unequivocally subject to the sanctions related to the war in Ukraine, as the company itself has stated in its latest annual report.
Urmas Reinsalu, the chairman of the centre-right Isamaa party, currently in the opposition, wrote on social media that the Estonian prime minister, Kaja Kallas, didn’t have another option than to immediately resign, in the wake of the revelations that a company partly owned by her husband had continued to do business in Russia and also delivered sanctioned metal goods.
Recent polls by two survey companies show that a majority of Estonians think the country’s prime minister Kaja Kallas should resign because of her husband's business dealings with Russia.
Estonia's leader has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine as the country battles the Russian invasion.