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What’s behind Russia’s peace plan for Ukraine?

Even the groups within Russia‘s ruling elite that used to advocate open war with Ukraine are warming up to the possibility of peace talks, says political analyst Marius Laurinavičius of the Vilnius-based Eastern Europe Studies Centre. […]

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Russia has declared different war on Baltic states, says former State Security Department chief

The abduction of Estonian Security Police (KaPo) officer Eston Kohver last Friday was a message by Russia to the Baltic states and Poland timed to coincide with the NATO Summit, says Mečys Laurinkus, former chief of Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD). […]

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Lithuania to focus on Ukraine’s human rights situation at UN Human Rights Council

The Human Rights Council holds its 27th regular session from 8 to 26 September in Geneva. During the session, Lithuania and other member states of the European Union will pay particular attention to the human rights situation in Ukraine and the Middle EastSyria, the occupied Palestinian territory and Iraq – as well as the right to liberty, development and privacy in the digital age, non-discrimination on grounds such as race and gender, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

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US defense secretary reaffirms support for Georgia in NATO pursuit

As shelling and gunfire punctured a two-day ceasefire in Ukraine, the US’s top military official made a rare visit to another former Soviet republic, Georgia. […]

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Ceasefire agreement between Ukraine’s government and separatists signed in Minsk

Representatives of the Ukrainian government and separatist rebels signed a protocol in Minsk, declaring a ceasefire as of Friday 6 PM, Intefax news agency reports. […]