NATO won’t do more than express concern, if Putin attacks another former Soviet republic, Illarionov says
If Vladimir Putin sends his forces to seize into any of the former Soviet republics -- including the…
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Stalin’s deportation of Baltic peoples in June 1941 remembered
Seventy-five years ago today, when Stalin was Hitler’s ally, Moscow began the forcible deportation of tens of thousands…
“How many Putins are there?” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Gorbachev’s support for Putin’s Crimean Anschluss – no surprise, Malgin says
Given his own willingness to use violence against people in Kazakhstan, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia and elsewhere, no one…
Kremlin ‘really thinking about occupying Baltic countries,’ former RISI expert says
Most commentators have dismissed as overblown suggestions that Moscow is preparing to occupy Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania because…
Why Latgale unlikely to trigger World War III
A year ago, many were thinking that Narva in Estonia might be the flashpoint that would ignite World…
Moscow seeking to subvert Baltic conservatives with “family values” campaign
Vladimir Putin’s linking up with right-wing leaders in Western Europe like Marine Le Pen in France has attracted…
Internet, not TV, now Moscow’s main propaganda channel for Baltic countries, Lithuanian expert says
Moscow now views the Internet as its primary propaganda channel in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania because that medium…
Here’s why the Baltics need a wall on the Russian border
After Russia jailed Estonian security official Eston Kovher, Estonia expressed an intention to fence off the Russian border.…
Moscow military analyst: Preparing for a war in 2025, Putin wants new Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to divide up Ukraine
Vladimir Putin changed his public assessment of the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact which opened the way to World War…
Annexations real and imaginary
Seventy-five years ago today, Acting US Secretary of State Sumner Wells declared that the United States would not…
On 75th Anniversary of Soviet occupation, Balts must remain vigilant, Grybauskaite says
Seventy-five years ago today, the Soviet Union began to occupy Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, act the West never…
As in 1939, Kremlin said mulling ‘preventive occupation’ of the Baltic states
People of decency and good will around the world have been horrified by Vladimir Putin’s defense this week…
Expert: No non-military solution to the Russian-Ukrainian War possible
Yesterday, Yuri Lutsenko, the leader of the Poroshenko Bloc in Ukraine's Verkhova Rada, said that the probability of…
Putin mistakenly believes his nuclear threats will keep NATO from defending Baltics
Vladimir Putin believes that he can dominate the Baltic countries and destroy NATO not by a direct invasion…
Russian military observer: To counter NATO in Baltic, Moscow ready to use nuclear weapons
Faced with superior NATO forces in the larger Baltic Sea region and the threat they pose in the…
Gotland – the Danzig of our time
Over the past 12 months Russia’s air force has flown a series of aggressive combat patrols over the Baltic…
Ukrainian crisis and fear in the Baltics
In Latvia and Estonia the emergence in social networks of supporters of the "Latgale People's Republic" and "Narva…
US moves to adopt non-recognition law on Crimea
Sergey Aksyonov, head of the Russian occupation administration in Crimea, says that the international community will recognize Crimea…