Estonian Defence Minister Resigns Over €70m Arms Scam Involving Fake Indian Firm
Estonia’s defence minister has stepped down after an investigation revealed that €70 million in EU funds designated for Ukrainian munitions were fraudulently transferred to a shell Indian company. The botched procurement contract sparked political fallout and prompted the minister's immediate resignation.
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Estonian defence minister quits over botched EU-funded arms deal involving India firm
Hanno Pevkur, who has been in office since 2022, resigned on Wednesday. He has been the longest-serving minister since Estonia gained independence in 1991
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Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur has resigned following a scandal in which he authorised the payment of €70 million to an Indian company for artillery shells, only to receive ammunition of defective quality, it emerged on Thursday. Britain’s The Telegraph reported on Monday that Datasel SRL was contracted to produce the shells for use by the Ukrainian military against Russia, and that Datasel had “not previously produced or sold a single shell”. The newspaper says that Estonia made the ...
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