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Kaliningrad
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UK intel: Russia moves air defense systems from “NATO-encircled” Kaliningrad to Ukraine to backfill losses
Russia's relocation of air defense systems from Kaliningrad to Ukraine amid S-400 system losses underscores regional security challenges and operational strain, as per UK intelligence.
Baltic states grow frustrated with West’s war balancing act
On 28 July, US President Joe Biden issued a statement marking the centenary of diplomatic relations between the…
Putin using Kaliningrad exactly the way Hitler did when it was called East Prussia, Skobov says
In the late 1930s, Hitler demanded the opening of “a Polish corridor” to Germany’s East Prussia, triggering a…
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…
Russians living near Europe radically different from Russians in the interior, Mironova says
It is an ancient observation that people who live in port cities or in portions of a country…
Extending Moscow-Kazan power-sharing treaty will destroy Russia, Gorevoy says
If Moscow extends the Russian-Tatarstan power-sharing treaty beyond its expiration date this summer, Ruslan Gorevoy says, not only…
“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…
What Moscow did to Koenigsberg, it will do to Crimea
Moscow’s destructive approach to its exclave of Kaliningrad [former East Prussian city of Koenigsberg – Ed.] over the last 70 years suggests…
Russia creating prerequisite for invasion of Baltic states?
Russia is pushing its preparations to create a prerequisite for an invasion of the Baltic states. On June…
EU energy plan puts Kaliningrad at risk, Moscow paper says
Gas pipeline issues have attracted far more attention, but a plan for a unified energy network among European…
Gotlande – mūsdienu Danciga
Latvian translation of the article Gotland – the Danzig of our time. Translated from English into Latvian by Lenka, 8…
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…
Vilnius analysts: Moscow would use a ‘conventional’ war against Lithuania
Most analysts have become so focused on Vladimir Putin’s use of “hybrid war” that they do not take…
Kaliningrad’s German churches will be in ruins within 5 years
The 133 German churches in Kaliningrad oblast, many of which are irreplaceable cultural treasures, will all be in…
Marsch für den Frieden in Kaliningrad endet mit Gewalttätigkeiten
Am Sonntag, den 21. September 2014 gingen in Moskau Tausende auf die Straße, um für Frieden in der…
Russia protests synchronized and scheduled online: Kremlin panics
Novosibirsk, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg … Who’s next? Activists online have begun synchronizing protests in different regions of Russia. Apparently it will…
Putin policies threaten Moscow’s control of two World War II trophy territories
Vladimir Putin’s policies in Ukraine are echoing across the Russian Federation and now are calling into question Moscow’s…
Kaliningrad governor says West sending Maidan activists into Russian regions to spark dissent
Nikolay Tsukanov, the governor of Kaliningrad, says that people he suspects are Maidan activists are arriving in his…