According to a fresh poll commissioned by the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, 66 per cent, or two in three Estonian citizens are of the opinion that Kaja Kallas should step down as the prime minister of Estonia, in the wake of the scandal involving her loan to her husband’s company that has business interests in Russia; major Estonian newspapers have also called Kallas to resign and say that the prime minister undermines the country’s democracy.
Stark Logistics, a transport company partly owned by the Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas's husband Arvo Hallik, has continued to do business with Russia during the war in Ukraine – despite the prime minister’s criticism of companies doing business with Russia.