Doubling Down: Estonia’s Center Party Gamble On Mihhail Kõlvart – Analysis

By Samuel Kramer

(FPRI) -- In the September 2023 Center Party leadership elections, members chose Tallinn Mayor Mihhail Kõlvart over former Health Minister Tanel Kiik as party chair. Center Party rose to prominence in the 1990s by forging a coalition of disaffected citizens, Russophones in particular. Since 2019, a string of...