Izborsky Club calls for new Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to re-divide Eastern Europe between Moscow and Berlin
The Izborsky Club, a group of Russian nationalist intellectuals that has often been extremely influential in the Kremlin…
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A Russian propaganda site incites breaking up Baltic countries
Arguing that the Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are more russophobic than any other nation in the world, the…
New Threats Require a New Response: What the Baltic Countries and the US Face in Putin’s Russia
By Paul A. Goble, Institute of World Politics Testimony Prepared for a Hearing on US Policy toward…
Solovey on the shape of the emerging Putin-Trump ‘Big Deal’ on Ukraine and much else
Valeriy Solovey, one of the best connected and most thoughtful of Moscow’s foreign policy commentators, says that the…
Moscow plans to ‘export separatism’ to Baltic countries, Christensen says
Moscow analyst Yuri Christensen says that Moscow plans to “export separatism” across the entire former Soviet space, including Estonia,…
“Moscow can’t find builder for new military base on Ukrainian border” and other neglected Russian stories
Putin’s Rating Falls as Russians Trust Their Own Eyes More and His TV Less. Polls show that Vladimir…
“Putin is a Russian Trump” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
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…
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…