Kremlin's critic Boris Nemtsov was shot dead in central Moscow
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Nemtsov’s murder shows Russia’s sliding to “darkness of terror” – Lithuanian president

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called the murder of one of the key Russian opposition figures, Boris Nemtsov, Russia‘s sliding into the “darkness of terror”. […]

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Putin’s middle class is fleeing to Latvia

Vitaly Mansky, a Russian documentary filmmaker, knows exactly when he decided to establish a bolthole outside the Russian Federation. It was the spring of 2014, and Mansky was in Spain for a film festival, watching news in his hotel room. An anchor at one of the Kremlin-controlled news stations reported that Russia’s parliament had allowed President Vladimir Putin to use the army to protect his compatriots in other countries. In other words, they had legalized the annexation of Crimea and provided support for pro-Russian combatants in Eastern Ukraine. […]

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British PM seconds warning that Baltic states could be Russia’s next target

Great Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has joined the warnings made by other high-ranking officials about the possibility of the Baltic states being the next Russian target after Ukraine in an effort to test NATO‘s strength. […]

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Terrorist act in Kharkiv “cowardly attack”, Lithuanian foreign minister says

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has condemned the terrorist attack carried out in Kharkiv on the Maidan anniversary, saying that the “cowardly attack” showed the world that violence is the only argument used by terrorists to defend their position. […]

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Moscow is getting ready for a hybrid war with Lithuania. Is the Polish minority going to be the flashpoint?

Another series of Russian provocations involving the Baltic states, related to the Ukraine war, makes so-called hybrid war scenario more and more realistic within the region of the Baltic Sea. The incidents that took place so far, such as the Internet existence of “People’s Republic of Vilnius” or the hooligan attacks on the Polish Embassy in Vilnius, seem to suggest that the Kremlin is going to use the Polish minority of Lithuania, along with the tough history of the Polish-Lithuanian relations, as the basis for its activities, aim of which would be to destabilize the region. […]

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Lithuanian president: Russia violating truce in Ukraine, EU must respond

The West must tighten the existing sanctions against Russia in response to Moscow’s and pro-Russian separatists’ failure to comply with the Minsk agreement, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]