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Pro-Russian activity raises concerns in Latvia

A reported uptick in pro-Russian activity in the eastern Latvian region of Latgale highlights Riga’s concerns about Russia, particularly in light of the standoff between Moscow and the West over Ukraine. Although the potential for serious pro-Russian separatist activity to materialize is much lower in Latvia than it was in Ukraine, Moscow still represents a threat to Riga, as demonstrated in a Nov. 18 report of Russian military planes flying near Latvian airspace and territorial waters. Because Latvia supports the pro-Western government in Ukraine and is courting a greater security commitment from NATO, Russia will likely maintain pressure on the small but strategic Baltic country through Russian-speaking communities and other means. […]

Jeffrey Gedmin
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Jeffrey Gedmin: Unless Europe puts values above commerce, we risk another Iron Curtain

Unless the EU takes a tough stand on Russia‘s foreign policies, there will re-emerge deep divisions in the continent between a free Europe and a less free Europe, says Jeffrey Gedmin, president of the Legatum Institute in London and former president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. […]

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Lithuanian foreign minister: Ukraine war caused by failure to learn lessons in Georgia

The war in Ukraine is a consequence of Europe having failed to draw lessons from the 2008 war in Georgia, when a normal dialogue with Russia was resumed less than two months after the fighting, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]

Linas Linkevičius
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Lithuanian foreign minister hopes for additional EU sanctions on Russia

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has expressed hope that the European Union (EU) will announce on Monday additional sanctions for a group of people amid the war in Eastern Ukraine. […]

Timothy Snyder
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Historian Timothy Snyder: Ukrainian crisis is not about Ukraine, it’s about Europe

Events in Ukraine have no effect on what Russia does or says, because its propaganda is not based on reality but on pushing Europe’s sensitive buttons. […]