The Nemunas
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Water is not all Nemunas river can carry from Belarus to Lithuania

After the explosion of the nitrogen plant in Grodno in Belarus, Lithuanian specialists were quick to assure the public that there was nothing to fear.

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Cemetery of Soviet soldiers
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Russian students to visit Soviet army cemeteries in Lithuania

A group of university students from Russia are coming to Lithuania in mid-July to take care of the graves of Soviet soldiers, Lietuvos Žinios reports.

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Kremlin official urges action on behalf of “oppressed” Russians in former Soviet republics

Speaking in Russian-occupied Crimea, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko on Friday gave the clearest sign yet that the Kremlin plans to expand its efforts to mobilize Russians and Russian speakers in the former Soviet republics and Baltic states, people she says are loyal to their new countries but remain Russian compatriots. […]

Latvian Army
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Inside Latvia’s new defence strategy – Riga declares its military ambitions

Latvia’s new State Defense Strategy, approved by its Cabinet of Ministers on May 24 is an ambitious declaration for a stronger defense buildup. At the same time, it represents a kind of “wish list” just ahead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s approaching July summit in Warsaw, during which Alliance members are expected to discard their policy of “trust,” in favor of a policy of “deterrence”. […]

Latvia's Russian-speakers
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Strange bedfellows: Latvian nationalists and ethnic Russians both want to block entrance of more Russians

It has often been remarked that politics can make strange bedfellows, bringing together groups that one could not imagine agreeing on anything. That is what has been happening in Latvia, where Latvian nationalists and ethnic-Russian residents of that Baltic country—for quite different reasons—both support restricting any further immigration into Latvia from the Russian Federation. […]