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Historian Andrey Zubov: Moment of truth is upon Russia

January 15, 2015 DELFI EN 0

The source of current problems in Russia – and, by extension, perturbations in Central and Eastern Europe – is the fact that the Russian society failed to cut all ties with the soviet past back in the 1990s, says Russian historian Andrey Zubov. […]

Vladimir Putin with President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolić

Newsweek: Putin seeks to influence radical parties in bid to destabilise Europe

January 14, 2015 Elisabeth Braw 0

This past November, Russia’s Berlin ambassador, Vladimir Grinin, invited two representatives of the surging new party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) for a meeting. According to German news media, Grinin offered the party strategic advice. […]

UN Security Council condemns attack against Ukrainian civilians

January 14, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Following the proposal put forward by Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations (UN), the UN Security Council condemned the shelling of a passenger bus in Volnovakha, Donetsk Region of Ukraine. […]

In Belarus, Russia’s problems reverberate

January 14, 2015 STRATFOR 0

Western sanctions and falling oil prices continue to strain the Russian economy. The impacts of this crisis are being felt across the former Soviet periphery, with neighbouring Belarus experiencing particularly acute spillover effects. […]

Georgia honours January 1991 victims in Lithuania

January 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Georgia has also commemorated the 24th anniversary of the Lithuanian Freedom Defenders’ Day, honouring the fallen victims of the Soviet aggression back in tragic events in 1991. […]

Former British ambassador to Latvia: Cold war is already on

January 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

A new cold war is already on, and the West has made a mistake in being unprepared for such a situation, former British ambassador to Latvia Ian Bond said in an interview to lsm.lv. […]

EU ambassador to Moscow Ušackas: Putin will stay on

January 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Russia, Vygaudas Ušackas, has met with Lithuanian businesspeople and said that Russian President Vladimir Putin should not be expected to leave leadership any time soon. Ušackas said 2015 will be an uncertain year in relations with Russia and anything can happen. […]

Lithuanian-Polish tensions are gift to Putin’s Russia, Michnik says

January 13, 2015 BNS 0

Ethnic tension between Lithuania and Poland is a great gift to Vladimir Putin‘s Russia, says former Polish dissident Adam Michnik, editor-in-chief of the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza. Michnik was awarded the Freedom Prize 2014 in the Lithuanian Seimas on Tuesday as Lithuania marks the Freedom Defenders’ Day. […]

Michnik to Lithuania: Poland always was, is and will be with you

January 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Despite differences, Poland always was, is and will be with you, said the Polish public figure, one of the leaders of Poland’s oppositional movement Solidarity, editor-in-chief of Poland’s largest newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, Adam Michnik. […]

Kremlinologist Lilia Shevtsova: Putin is a mediocre leader pushing his country to collapse

January 12, 2015 DELFI EN 0

Lilia Shevtsova, a Russia expert at the Brookings Institution, says that Vladimir Putin is a far cry from the shrewd and effective leader everyone, friends and foes alike, take him to be. On the contrary, she says, the Russian president is a shallow mediocrity who has not got a clue how to avert his country’s imminent collapse. […]

Estonia translates all its laws into English

January 12, 2015 ELTA EN 0

As of Monday, all Estonian laws have been translated into English and are available on the English-language web page of Riigi Teataja (State Gazette). […]

Stratfor: Poland and Baltic states will continue to promote Ukraine’s Western ties

January 11, 2015 STRATFOR 0

As the standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine continues into 2015, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will come to play an increasingly important role. Even before the crisis, the three Baltic states — as well as neighboring Poland — were among the most active EU member states attempting to bring Ukraine closer to the West and to challenge Russia’s role in the former Soviet periphery. Their efforts along these lines will intensify this year. Ultimately, however, more powerful players in the standoff will limit the impacts of their efforts, particularly Germany and the United States. […]

No positive signs from Russia, therefore no easing of sanctions, Lithuanian foreign minister says

January 9, 2015 BNS 0

Russia has so far shown no positive signs in connection to the conflict in Ukraine, so there are no reasons to ease the European Union (EU) sanctions, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]

V.Putinas, A.Duginas, H.Džemalis, D.Umarovas ir Š.Basajevas

Putin’s Russia. Do traces of KGB, FSB and GRU lead to Islamic State?

January 9, 2015 Rytu Europos studiju centras ir DELFI 0

Again, this article will not be related to the structure, clans, their interrelations, and KGB basis in Putin’s current regime. This essay is a sequel of the previous piece which aimed to take another glimpse at Putin’s suspicious links with international terrorism. […]

Chechnya’s Kadyrov declares Khodorkovsky his personal enemy

January 9, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has lashed out at former oil tycoon and vocal critic of the current Russian government Mikhail Khodorkovsky for addressing the media community with a call to publish more cartoons following the terrorist attack in France. […]

Lithuanian Caritas distributes aid in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk

January 6, 2015 BNS 0

Humanitarian aid, collected by the Lithuanian charity organization Caritas, is being distributed in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk, the Catholic organization said on Tuesday. […]

EU Council presidency to be factored into President Bērziņš’ Victory Day invitation to Moscow, foreign minister says

January 5, 2015 ELTA EN 0

In deciding whether Latvian President Andris Bērziņš should attend Russia‘s Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 9, he should take into account the fact that Latvia is presiding over the Council of the European Union, said Latvia’s Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs in an interview to the LNT show “900 sekundes”. […]