Andrey Piontkovsky
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Russian analyst Piontkovsky: Putin will not shy away from nuclear blackmail

The West can still stop Vladimir Putin with economic and political measures, but if he is allowed to get away with Ukraine, NATO could face a threat of a nuclear stand-off with Moscow, says Russian political analyst Andrey Piontkovsky. […]

President Petro Poroshenko  at the White House. Photo Ludo Segers
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Ukrainian President Poroshenko asks US military assistance during visit to Washington

The high-level visit of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to Washington on 18 September attracted much greater attention in the US capital than any other recent visit of a foreign head of state. His busy schedule saw President Poroshenko in the morning addressing the House of Representatives and the Senate in a joint meeting of US Congress before heading to the White House to meet President Barack Obama in the afternoon. […]

Linas Linkevičius
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Lithuanian and Norwegian foreign ministers discuss solidarity amidst region’s security challenges

Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, who paid a visit to Oslo on Tuesday, noted successful cooperation between Norway and Lithuania in the energy sector and discussed regional security and NATO issues as well as support to Ukraine. […]

Linas Linkevičius
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Minister Linkevičius: I cannot join optimists cheering peace treaty in Ukraine

Baltic States are safe because they are with NATO. Russia will not try to threaten member states of the alliance because that would be “totally insane”, believes Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]

Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine
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Russian Soldiers – cheap and luckless (I)

Ten years ago on 3 September 2004 at exactly 13:00 in Beslan, North Ossetia, Chechen terrorists allowed the bodies of local people who had been killed and left lying there for three days in front of a school, to be gathered up. On 1 September the 34 Chechen terrorists had taken about 1200 teenagers and children hostage in the school. […]

Eston Kohver
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Taking Estonian officer prisoner may backfire for Russia, says Lucas

The Economist senior editor Edward Lucas told ETV the move to apprehend Estonian secret service official Eston Kohver may backfire in the long run, as Russia could have a famous political prisoner on its hands for the next 20 years, which will become an irritant. […]