Estonia Reelects Kaja Kallas: Reform Party Expands Coalition Majority

Estonia's Reform Party leader Kaja Kallas pulled off something no Baltic politician had managed since independence: she didn't just win re-election, she expanded her coalition's majority while standing firm against Russian aggression next door. Her government had seized Russian state assets, banned Russian citizens from voting in local elections, and removed Soviet-era monuments—all while Moscow's tanks sat just miles across the border in Ukraine. The Reform Party and Estonia Eesti 200 together won 59 of 101 seats, giving them the first outright liberal majority in Estonian history. Here's what's wild: in a region where fear of Russia typically drives voters toward strongmen, Estonians chose a former World Bank economist who'd called Putin a war criminal to his face.