Dalia Grybauskaitė
Defence

Lithuanian president: Baltics face real threat

The Baltic states are facing a real threat and must be prepared to independently withstand for at least three days in case of a military conflict until NATO allies arrive, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, when asked by foreign journalists about the planned restoration of conscription in Lithuania. […]

Polish Senate speaker barred from attending Nemtsov’s funeral in Moscow

The speaker of Poland‘s Senate says Russia won’t let him attend the funeral of an opposition activist murdered last Friday. […]

Russian MFA
Foreign affairs

Russia presents Vilnius with letter of protest over arms supply to Ukraine

The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Lithuania made an announcement on Friday afternoon that Moscow was sending a protest note to Vilnius. […]

No Picture
Uncategorized

Putin’s middle class is fleeing to Latvia

Vitaly Mansky, a Russian documentary filmmaker, knows exactly when he decided to establish a bolthole outside the Russian Federation. It was the spring of 2014, and Mansky was in Spain for a film festival, watching news in his hotel room. An anchor at one of the Kremlin-controlled news stations reported that Russia’s parliament had allowed President Vladimir Putin to use the army to protect his compatriots in other countries. In other words, they had legalized the annexation of Crimea and provided support for pro-Russian combatants in Eastern Ukraine. […]

Riga
Uncategorized

Russian psychological warfare in Latvia

Russia has long attempted a campaign of mainly non-military means in Latvia consisting of numerous strategies taking place both in the country and its surrounding areas. These campaigns must be viewed in light of the severe military escalation in the Baltic Sea and in Eastern Europe, says Swedish analyst Jakob Ljungman in his recent report. […]