Leonidas Donskis and Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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Opinion: Is Mikhail Khodorkovsky the devil’s advocate?

The Merchants’ Guild building on Gedimino Avenue in central Vilnius hosted a conference in late November 2013 which featured Ukraine‘s opposition players. […]

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

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. […]

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy at Vilnius Summit
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One year after Vilnius summit: Times of “limited sovereignty” coming back?

“Europe had been waiting for an engagement party for two years but it was called off a week before,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius on the evening of 28 November 2013 after Ukraine refused to sign the association agreement with the European Union (EU). […]

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Lithuania can and must help Ukraine, says President Grybauskaitė in Kiev

Ukraine should be assisted in implementing the necessary reforms amid the immense challenges the country is faced with, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in Kiev on Monday. […]

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Putin backs down and… wins?

Russian forces are withdrawing from the Ukrainian border. Pro-Russian separatists are putting down their arms. There are reports about Russia re-opening some of its markets to Western production. All this has sparked discussions about Moscow backing down from confrontation with the West. […]