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High-ranking Russian spy refuses to testify in Vilnius court

September 23, 2016 BNS EN 0

Nikolai Philiptchenko, a high-ranking Russian intelligence agent charged with espionage against Lithuania, on Friday refused to testify in his trial in the Vilnius Regional Court. […]

Early presidential elections in Kazakhstan. What to expect for Lithuania and the West

December 5, 2022 0

Early presidential elections took place in Kazakhstan on 20 November. The final results show that Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev was elected for a second term as President with 81.31% of the vote. What does this election mean […]

What’s on the label of a ‘terrorist state’? Everything.

December 1, 2022 0

Labels are important. For too long, the Western world preferred to ignore Russia’s crimes at home and abroad and look the other way. But no more. Last week, when the European Parliament labelled the Russian […]

700 housing units purchased by Russian citizens in Lithuania this year: calls for immediate action

November 30, 2022 0

Some 699 Real Estate (RE) properties – this is the number of properties acquired by Russian citizens in Lithuania until the 15th of November this year. This figure is only a few dozen less than […]

How to launch a European Lend-Lease

November 22, 2022 0

Considering the total nature and prospects of hostilities in Ukraine, military aid for us should not be situational but permanent. Since the full-scale Russian aggression began, Ukraine has been working to launch arms lend-lease with […]

After a missile explosion in Poland – no illusions about NATO’s response, but one small twist is possible

November 17, 2022 0

It is highly likely that the rocket that exploded in Poland near the Ukrainian border and killed two people was fired by the Ukrainian armed forces to shoot down one of the Russian missiles. The […]

The 60 days of Tehran

November 17, 2022 0

It is not impossible. It is by no means out of the question that November 2022 will go down in history as the month of freedom that would have seen Iran begin the fall of […]