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2014 one of the worst years in Latvian-Russian relations – Russian ambassador

2014 has been one of the most difficult and least successful years in the Latvian-Russian relations for the past twenty years, Russian Ambassador to Latvia Alexander Veshnyakov said during a meeting with several Latvian mass media. […]

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Putin’s Russia. Roots of today’s regime date back to KGB under Andropov

In the articles of Putin’s Russia series I have repeatedly written about Yevgeny Primakov’s clan. I have described in detail the ongoing battle regarding the implementation of the so-called peace plan in Ukraine, and Primakov’s influence structures both in Russia and in the West. The article about Yevtushenkov’s case was also inevitably related to the information about Primakov’s clan because the oligarch was considered the member of this clan. […]

L to R: Ukrainian National Information Service rep. Michael Sawkiw, American-Latvian Union rep. Ausma Tomevics, US-Lithuanian Community rep. Asta Banionytė, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Belarus-American Union rep. Ali
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Ukraine supporters meet with US senator

Danelė Vidutienė, chair of the US-Lithuanian Community Public Affairs Council, Asta Banionytė, member of the Council and former Capitol Hill staffer, and representatives of the Central and East European Coalition (CEEC) met with US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH). […]

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Russia threatens with rebuff after US president signs Ukraine Freedom Support Act

Russia will not leave Washington’s actions without response, the United States will be fully to blame for the consequences, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich warned on Friday in connection with the signing by US President Barack Obama of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act. […]

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Brezhnevizing: the end of good times in Russia

In the ideological part of his annual address, Vladimir Putin explained how spiritual Russia was and that it would never succumb to the West that has been trying to ruin it for centuries. In the economic part of the speech, he gave the recipe of what should be done to maintain prosperity. […]