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Opinion: War as a chance for Ukraine to become a normal state

April 2, 2015 Laurynas Jonavicius 0

Ukraine’s social order, characterized by limited access, has been an obstacle in the country’s attempts to create democracy and market economy during its entire post-soviet history. Recent Russian military aggression changed the balance of power within the country and opened a window of opportunity for Ukraine to transform itself from a limited access to open access order. Whether Ukraine will use this opportunity depends on relationship between the president and oligarchs. […]

Opinion: Putin’s party paid for by oil money (II)

April 1, 2015 Ramunas Bogdanas 0

On 26 March, fifteen years ago, Vladimir Putin was elected the president of Russia. The moment coincided with the start of a global oil price boom that brought billions in additional revenue to Russia. […]

Lithuania to earmark additional EUR 3.1m for litigation with Gazprom

April 1, 2015 BNS 0

The Lithuanian government plans to earmark additional 3.14 million euros for litigation with Russia’s Gazprom at the United Nations’ arbitration court (UNCITRAL, United Nations’ Commission on International trade Law). […]

Opinion: Putin’s party paid for by oil money (I)

March 31, 2015 Ramunas Bogdanas 0

On 26 March, fifteen years ago, Vladimir Putin was elected the president of Russia. The moment coincided with the start of a global oil price boom that brought billions in additional revenue to Russia. […]

Christopher Walker: Democratic media weakening while Kremlin perfects its propaganda

March 25, 2015 DELFI EN 0

Over the last decade, Russia has had plenty of time and resources to test and perfect its propaganda machine, which has achieved an unprecedented level of maturity, while Western democratic media has been in decline, says Christopher Walker, executive director of the National Endowment for Democracy’s International Forum for Democratic Studies. […]

Baziniai kariniai mokymai, Didžiojo Lietuvos etmono Jonušo Radvilos mokomojo pulko nuotr.

Opinion: Will conscripts be trained for hybrid warfare?

March 24, 2015 Gintautas Mazeikis 0

What kind of war will Lithuania’s conscripts be preparing for? Hybrid conflicts that evolve into local mixed wars? People who talk about hybrid wars usually mean a phase of armed skirmishes with foreign army detachments with no discussion of how hybrid conflicts develop, how they impact on a conscript army and the challenges that army will face. […]

Russia and China boycott Lithuania-organized UN meeting on Crimea

March 20, 2015 BNS 0

Russia, China, Venezuela and Angola ignored the recent informal UN Security Council meeting, organized by Lithuania, on the human rights situation in Crimea which was annexed by Russia a year ago. […]

D. Grybauskaitė, F. Mogherini, M. Schultzas, A. Merkel, N. Anastasiades

EU to work out plan by June against Russian “disinformation campaigns”

March 20, 2015 BNS 0

The European Union‘s (EU) institutions intend to work out a strategic communication plan by June to “challenge Russia‘s ongoing disinformation campaigns”, heads of EU states and governments have agreed in Brussels. […]

EU ambassador to Moscow: “I’m not in the business of prophecies”

March 20, 2015 Linas Jegelevicius 0

The task of a diplomat is to maintain contacts with the authorities and society leaders, so dribbling basketball with the administration chief of the Russian president, playing buskashi with Afghans in Kabul – engaging in what one might call “sport diplomacy” – is part of the job. While such informal contacts might provide a wealth of insights into the unofficial workings of a foreign country, Vygaudas Ušackas, the EU Delegation chief in Russia, admits he is not “in the business of prophecies” to tell how long the Russian-Ukrainian conflict can last. […]

EU to keep sanctions on Russia

March 20, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

European Union leaders have decided to maintain economic sanctions on Russia until the end of the year. […]

Putin’s Russia: What did Nemtsov’s assassination reveal about the current regime?

March 19, 2015 Rytu Europos studiju centras 0

Assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was a shocking wake-up call for many all over the globe. Circumstances were more than eloquent – bullets hit Nemtsov right in front of Kremlin and merely one day before the planned protest march. […]

NATO fighter-jets alerted from Šiauliai to accompany Russian reconnaissance plane

March 19, 2015 BNS 0

Italian Typhoon fighter-jets performing the NATO air policing mission in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, were scrambled on Thursday to accompany a Russian reconnaissance airplane. […]

Lithuania calls UN Security Council meeting on Crimea

March 19, 2015 BNS 0

The UN Security Council is holding a closed-door meeting on Crimea, initiated by Lithuania, later on Thursday. Russia, which annexed the Ukrainian region a year ago, is reportedly boycotting the meeting. […]

Energy, economy and information security to dominate European Council agenda

March 19, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has left for Brussels to attend a European Council meeting on 19-20 March, the presidential press service reports. […]

Vilnius train stations step up security due to Russian troops train

March 19, 2015 BNS 0

Security was stepped at Vilnius and Naujoji Vilnia Train Stations in Lithuania on Thursday in response to information that Russian army conscripts might be crossing to the Russian region of Kaliningrad via Lithuania, according to the lrytas.lt news website. […]

Gabrielius Landsbergis – rising conservative star powered by recognizable name and tough stance on Russia

March 19, 2015 Linas Jegelevicius 0

When Gabrielius Landsbergis, 33, breathed his way last summer into the European Parliament, for many the success of his campaign seemed to have much to do with his family lineage – namely, his legendary grandfather, patriarch of Lithuania’s modern politics Vytautas Landsbergis. […]

NATO jets alerted by 11 Russian war planes over Baltic Sea

March 18, 2015 BNS 0

Italy‘s Typhoon fighter-jets serving in the NATO air policing mission of the Baltic states were scrambled from Šiauliai air base in late hours of Tuesday to escort 11 Russian war planes flying above the Baltic Sea from mainland Russia to its Kaliningrad region. […]