Nadezhda Savchenko Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

The real reasons behind Russia’s recent restraint – and how long it is likely to last

June 24, 2016 Pavel K. Baev 0

With the NATO summit in Warsaw coming up in July, the rhetoric in many Western quarters is becoming shriller about the need to contain Russian aggression. […]

The Savchenko swap: Why did Putin really free Ukraine’s most famous pilot?

May 31, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

Vladimir Putin’s decision to pardon Nadezhda Savchenko was a purely pragmatic one. Left with no viable alternatives to freeing the Ukrainian pilot, Putin was forced to make a concession that may not sit well with the Russian population, which has come to see Savchenko as a symbol of the “Kiev junta.” […]

Lithuania grants asylum to Russian opposition activist wanted by Kremlin

May 23, 2016 BNS 0

Lithuania has granted asylum to Russian opposition activist Irina Kalmykova who is wanted by the Kremlin. […]

Nuclear security and arms control are non-issues for Russia

April 7, 2016 Pavel K. Baev 0

Russia’s absence from the nuclear summit in Washington, DC, last week was entirely predictable and yet baffling. […]

Russian court rejects all requests by Savchenko’s lawyers, Lithuanian diplomat says

October 1, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

A Russian court is rejecting almost all requests made by the defence lawyers of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, says a Lithuanian diplomat observing the trial, according to BNS. […]

Lithuanian MEP initiates letter to Putin, urging to release Ukrainian pilot

October 17, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Liberal MEP Petras Auštrevičius has initiated a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling for release of Ukrainian military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]

Citus experts: Housing demand surpasses the results of the past two years – buyers of the economic segment are returning

October 13, 2024 0

In the last quarter of the year, the number of new housing units (apartments and terraced houses) sold in Vilnius in the economy class was 50% higher than in April–June, according to preliminary data from […]