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putin's fear societal backlash prevents new mobilization wave isw says russian soldier looted items popasna luhansk oblast ukraine spring 2022

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Lithuania intel: Russia can wage war in Ukraine for at least two years at current intensity

Lithuanian intelligence reports that high oil prices and support from allies enable Russia to sustain its war in Ukraine for two more years, while Russia also receives matériel from Iran, North Korea, and microchips from China.

byYuri Zoria

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Europe must urgently prepare for potential Russian aggression on NATO’s eastern flank, Belgian Admiral says

Belgian army chief cautions that Russia's bellicose language and switch to a war footing suggest the possibility of new fronts opening against Moldova or the Baltic states. He urges Europe to urgently bolster military readiness.

byYuri Zoria

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Baltic ambassadors call on Poland to resolve Ukraine border blockade

"We are raising this issue with Poland and hope that a solution will be found soon in cooperation between Poland, Ukraine, and the European Commission," Estonian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Brita Kikas, said.

byIryna Voichuk

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Latvia to ban cars registered in Russia, 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.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

Latvia will ban cars registered in Russia and Belarus

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Latest news Ukraine

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

byMaria Tril

Official portrait of NATO Heads of State and Government at the Summit in Madrid (Source: NATO)

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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…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

Nato summit madrid finland sweden turkey

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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…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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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…

byYuri Zoria

Russian airborne forces participate in Zapad 2021 exercise in Kaliningrad (Source: Joint Forces)

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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…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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Hybrid War

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…

byEU East StratCom Task Force

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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…

byEU East StratCom Task Force

E40 waterway is to go through Poland, Belarus and Ukraine and to connect the Baltic and the Black Seas

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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…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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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…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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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…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

World War III: Putin's hybrid war against Western democracies using the Russian secret services, propaganda journalism and corruption of foreign elites.

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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…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

A heavily-protected Russian entry point into the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea annexed by Russia in March 2014 (Image: Kommersant.ru)

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

Beaming Stalin supervising the signing of the so-called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact dividing Poland between Hitler's regime and his own, Aug 23, 1939. From left to right: Richard Schulze-Kossens, Waffen-SS officer; Boris Shaposhnikov, Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army; Alexey Shkvarzev, Soviet Ambassador in Germany; Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Minister of Foreign Affairs; Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (sitting); Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator; Vladimir Pavlov, First Secretary of the Soviet embassy in Germany (Image: TASS)

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

So-called "little green men" (the Russian occupation troops comprised of special forces who removed insignia, wear face masks to prevent identification and call themselves a "Crimean self-defense force") surround a Ukrainian military base in Perevalne, Crimea, during the Russian annexation of the peninsula in February-March 2014.

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

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Hybrid War

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…

byThink Tank