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Baltic states
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Latvia will ban cars registered in Russia and Belarus
The proposed legislative initiative aims to prohibit these vehicles within the country. Owners will have the choice to either take their cars out of the country or re-register them. Otherwise, the vehicles will be confiscated and handed to the Ukrainian army.
Norway to restrict entry of Russian-registered cars
Joining similar bans by Finland, Poland and Baltic states bordering Russia, Norway will restrict the entry and use of Russian-registered vehicles within its territory
NATO’s new Strategic Concept gives short shrift to Eastern Neighborhood and Ukraine
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) new Strategic Concept, approved at the summit just held in Madrid, strongly…
Baltic Sea as a “NATO lake” and limits to Erdogan romance: NATO Summit delivers blows to Russia
Türkiye called off its objection to NATO membership of Finland and Sweden. The Alliance is enforced with two…
US clears Baltic States, Britain to send American-made weapons to Ukraine: media
US export control regulations require approval from the State Department for the countries before transferring any weapons received…
Zapad 2021 suggests, in event of war, Moscow could seize Baltics but lose Kaliningrad
Military exercises not only make known what a government believes could happen but become an occasion for its…
From information laundering to influence activities: Russia’s footprints in Nordic-Baltic countries
It begins with an explanation of how narratives can be understood in the context of strategic communication, followed…
Russian embassy calls Baltic States privileged under Soviet occupation
This time, the kick-off came from the Twitter account of the Russian embassy in Estonia, sharing an article…
The E40 waterway: Economic and geopolitical implications for Ukraine and the wider region
On April 24, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted a first reading of the bill “On Inland Water Transport,” finally…
West, Russia face off in Belarus over Baltic–Black Sea waterway project
Plans for a new Baltic–Black Sea waterway, passing through Ukraine, Belarus and Poland, have the potential to revolutionize…
Baltic intelligence agencies increasingly worry about threats from China in addition to Russia
In mid-March, the State Security Service (VDD) of Latvia published its annual public report. “While the new coronavirus…
Baltics call for unified European ‘frontline’ against Russian disinformation
In light of the three Baltic States’ and other Central and Eastern European countries’ continued struggle against Russian…
US non-recognition policy regarding Crimea one year on
A year ago, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo issued its Crimea Declaration which referred to the Welles…
Five years after Anschluss, US moves toward a formal non-recognition policy on Crimea
US leaders like their EU counterparts since Vladimir Putin invaded and then annexed Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014 have…
Five lessons for today from the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Some anniversaries are marked because they are so important historically that one cannot understand the present without returning…
US non-recognition policy and Crimea – Russian misrepresentations and Baltic truths
Three US senators, Marco Rubio, Bob Menendez and Rob Portman, have called for Washington to promulgate a policy…
Central and Eastern Europe in the fight with disinformation: How is Ukraine doing?
The group of researchers from 14 countries led by Kyiv-based think-tank “Ukrainian Prism” looked for answers and came…
A Moscow paper asks a most inconvenient question: ‘What is the secret of Estonia’s success?’
The independent Moscow newspaper Novyye izvestiya points out that the average pay in Estonia is now “about 1800…
Northern Kazakhstan likely to be Putin’s next target for aggression
Given that Vladimir Putin very much hopes to get a new political boost like the one he received…
‘UN: Human Rights in Crimea Have Deteriorated Since Occupation’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
