‘Witch-hunt’: Estonian prime minister defends husband’s Russian business links

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Kaja Kallas’s partner owns shares in a company that continued to do business in Russia after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Sunak responded to the reports by saying his wife’s business affairs were not of public interest, while a Downing Street spokesperson said neither Murty “nor any members of her family have any involvement in the operational decisions of the company”.

The country’s president, Alar Karis, has publicly rebuked the prime minister for allowing the scandal to damage trust in politics and put the “credibility of the Estonian state into question”. Kallas, a former lawyer, is leader of the liberal Reform party which is the senior coalition partner in a government with the Social Democrats and Estonia 200, another liberal party. So far those parties publicly back her, but there are signs of growing discontent.

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