Foreign affairs

BRICS: a counter-cultural alliance with a “brick” for Putin

Whenever I am asked to describe the international entity known by the strange name of BRICS, I start with a different answer. I do not understand what formally (or, perhaps more importantly, informally) unites Brazil, […]

Central/Eastern Europe

A word on the July summit in Vilnius

First of all, I would like to congratulate all involved on the “Joninės” holiday and wish you a mug of beer, a piece of cumin cheese and black cumin bread, of course, Baltic fish and […]

The Moscow Kremlin
Central/Eastern Europe

Farewell to illusions  

It seems that not so long ago, we were all rejoicing at Memorial’s Nobel Prize and perhaps hoping that it would somehow positively affect the country’s internal situation. Unfortunately, not much water has flowed, and […]

Central/Eastern Europe

Smart Russian officers will decide the fate of Russia?

The 2022 year came to an end. A year that will be marked in the history of the world with the title of “Year of War”. During this year, both here in Lithuania and in […]