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Strange bedfellows: Latvian nationalists and ethnic Russians both want to block entrance of more Russians

May 29, 2016 Paul Goble 0

It has often been remarked that politics can make strange bedfellows, bringing together groups that one could not imagine agreeing on anything. That is what has been happening in Latvia, where Latvian nationalists and ethnic-Russian residents of that Baltic country—for quite different reasons—both support restricting any further immigration into Latvia from the Russian Federation. […]

Russia wouldn’t open ‘third front’ in Baltics, says Russian journalist

January 4, 2016 www.DELFI.lt 0

Alexei Venediktov, the editor-in-chief of Echo Moskvy, spoke to Delfi about the threat of escalation in the tensions between Russia and the Baltics. His radio station is considered by many to be the last major independent media outlet in Russia, and has run into trouble with Russian government media regulators in the past. […]

Piontkovsky in Vilnius: Crimea annexation laid “philosophical” grounds for any invasion

January 15, 2015 BNS 0

During the annexation of Crimea, Russia‘s President Vladimir Putin laid “philosophical foundation” for invasion of any country with a Russian-speaking community, said well-known Russian political scientist and publicist Andrey Piontkovsky in Vilnius on Thursday. […]

Putin backs down and… wins?

October 16, 2014 DELFI EN 0

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. […]

Opinion: What Kremlin gained and lost in Ukraine

October 3, 2014 Laurynas Kasciunas 0

As Russia‘s intervention in Ukraine seems to be entering a lower-intensity stage and reports are coming in about ceasefire agreements, both international and Lithuanian media are indulging in discussions on who are the winners and the losers of the conflict. […]

Putin’s former aid: Russia has been preparing for global war since 2003

September 26, 2014 DELFI EN 0

People in the Baltic states cannot feel secure. Russian President Vladimir Putin has a plan he has been working on for over a decade. So says former adviser to President Putin, Andrey Illarionov. […]

Russia expanding soft power, Estonian official says

September 24, 2014 News.err.ee 0

Head of Estonia‘s Foreign Affairs Committee Marko Mihkelson said that Russia‘s soft power policies were increasingly purposeful. […]

How Russia pits Baltic states against one another

September 23, 2014 www.lrt.lt 0

Even before it had finished “defending” the rights of Russian compatriots in Ukraine, Moscow spoke about oppression of Russian-speakers in the Baltic states last week, as its Foreign Ministry official demanded that the international community put a stop to alleged russophobia. […]

Opinion: Ukraine’s success threatens Russian idea of exclusivity

July 14, 2014 DELFI EN 0

While Ukraine is spreading joyful news about liberating settlements during new anti-terrorist operations, the Russian plan to turn this country divided into mutually confronting parts into the territory of chaos is collapsing. […]

Shall we live in a Eurasian empire of woman haters?

July 2, 2014 www.DELFI.lt 0

Vladimir Putin, Russian politicians and some intellectuals keep talking about the “Russian world” and readiness of the country’s armed forces to defend the Russian population in any country. It is worth remembering that before the Bosnian war (1992-1995) and the mass killings of Bosnian Muslims and Croats, Radovan Karadžić also spoke of Serbia’s interests not only in countries with the Serb minority, but also in those with only Serbian graves […]