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 "title": "Estonia's Michal Offers Defence Ministry to General Herem as RKIK Terminates Seven Ukraine Contracts",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/estonia-herem-defence-ministry-rkik-terminates-seven-contracts/",
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 "published": "2026-09-04T14:33:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-09T14:33:36.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTallinn, 4 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Prime Minister Kristen Michal approached retired general Martin Herem, Estonia's former defence forces commander, about becoming defence minister; Herem calls it \"more an invitation to consider it\" than a firm offer\n * The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (RKIK) has terminated 7 of the 27 Ukraine-support contracts it signed, worth over EUR 71.6 million combined, and is pursuing the rest in arbitration or court\n * Two firms are named ",
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  "poland",
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