Vladimir Putin during his visit to Kaliningrad
Central/Eastern Europe

Don’t irritate Russia or speak up? They disagree on the Kaliningrad blockade issue

In response to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, the West and Lithuania continue to look for possible measures to influence the Kremlin regime. The Kaliningrad blockade is among the options under consideration, Indrė Naureckaitė writes […]

Antano Gedrimo nuotr.
Defence

This decision will be the 2nd geopolitical catastrophe for Russia and will be very beneficial for Lithuania

This is because the accession of Sweden and Finland would make the Alliance dominant in the Baltic Sea, undermine the defence of the Kaliningrad region, and force Russia to re-plan how it will protect St […]

Central/Eastern Europe

The diary of a survivor in Kyiv. April 8

“Irpin, Bucha, Gostomel are the places where the Russians committed war crimes. The first impressions from the Ukrainian soldiers”. I am sure that the pictures of people shot just on the sidewalks, shot in the […]

Moscow
Central/Eastern Europe

The Russian Liberal Bias

Do not expect grassroots change to happen in Russia. A popular phrase spoken only half-jokingly by the residents of Moscow goes like this, “Moscow ends, and Russia begins at the Sadovoye Koltso”. Sadovoye Koltso, or […]

Defence

Use of the emerging disruptive technologies by the Russian Armed Forces in the Ukrainian War

The Russian Ministry of Defence on March 18 reported that Russian forces had used Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and destroyed an underground depot for missiles and aviation ammunition in the village of Delyatina in Western Ukraine. […]