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Calling Russia the enemy ‘does not make Lithuanians safer’ – Ušackas

Lithuania should be more reserved and calmer in its relations with Russia, says the European Union‘s (EU) Ambassador in Moscow Vygaudas Ušackas, a Lithuanian diplomat.

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Former Russian prisoner Nadiya Savchenko planning visit to Lithuania

Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian fighter pilot and lawmaker who was recently released from Russian custody in a prisoner swap, is planning her visit to Lithuania.

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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”. […]

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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. […]

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Russia to extend embargo on Lithuanian, EU food imports until 2017

Russia will extend the embargo on food imports from the EU member states and other countries until the end of 2017, said Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday. […]