Kremlin’s double standards on language issues in post-Soviet space continued
More than most governments, the Kremlin behaves in exactly the same way it routinely accuses other countries of…
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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…
Friends in need: 18 countries who gave Ukraine non-lethal military aid
Since January 2014, 18 countries have provided 164.1 million US dollars’ worth of non-lethal military aid to Ukraine,…
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…
Kremlin official: Moscow can’t sit by when ethnic Russians are “oppressed and persecuted” in former Soviet republics
Speaking in Russian-occupied Crimea, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko on Friday gave the clearest sign yet that the…
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…
Two anniversaries of Soviet state terrorism must not be forgotten
Twenty-five years ago today, Soviet forces carried out an act of state terrorism in the Latvian capital of…
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…
Poland holds concerts of Russia’s Alexandrov Army Choir amid protests | #FormulaOfAction
Are music and politics connected? How can they be divided from each other when music becomes not only…
Kremlin – a ‘psychopathic power with dangerous illusions,’ Vike-Freiberga says
Many foreign leaders have offered diagnoses of Vladimir Putin and his regime – Germany’s Angela Merkel has suggested…
RT denied permission to open Latvian subsidiary
The Russian state-funded propaganda mouthpiece Russia Today (RT) will not be able to open a representative office in…
Questioning Baltic independence: Russia prepares the ground for an invasion
Just a few days ago, the Russian Prosecutor General found that the transfer of Crimea from the RSFSR…
Russian historian: 2014 Ukrainian Maidan affecting Russia much as 1863 Polish revolt did
Drawing on Richard Pipes’ argument that the 1863 Polish revolt was viewed by many Russians as an illegitimate…
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…
Russians equated Ukraine with the US
Together with the United States, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, Ukraine was considered a country “most unfriendly to Russia”…
Latvian association “SOS Help for Ukrainian Army” delivers 7th donation cargo to DUK battalion
Celox, thermal scope and many other valuable items were delivered to the Ukraine’s defenders at the end of May…
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…
