NATO can breath a sigh of relief. In the recent Estonian elections, the ruling Reform Party led by 35-year-old, pro-Western Taavi Rõivas kept control, upsetting the expectations of pollsters, who predicted a win for the Kremlin-allied Centre Party. In large part due to Estonia’s large ethnic Russian population, the latter took very nearly a full quarter of the votes, trailing the eventual winner by less than three percent. The FT reports on just how close this NATO member nation was to electing a government that doesn’t seem to disapprove of Putin’s actions in Ukraine:
The Reform party, which has provided Estonia’s …read more
Source: The American Interest
