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  • Foreign affairs
  • Opinion

The real reasons behind Russia’s recent restraint – and how long it is likely to last

With the NATO summit in Warsaw coming up in July, the rhetoric in many Western quarters is becoming shriller about…

8 years ago
  • Defence

‘I see no chance of war with Russia’ – NATO general in Vilnius

NATO General Salvatore Farina has said that dangerous Russian conduct in the Baltic Sea region was unlikely to lead to…

8 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian president tells politicians not to campaign on security

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has urged politicians to refrain from speculating on security issues, following a number of suspected border…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Photo of the week: Close encounters

This striking photo of a Russian SU-24 attack jet passing within metres of the USS Donald Cook in the Baltic…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania should use Russian provocations to advance its national security, analyst says

The incidents in the Baltic Sea this week where Russian jets buzzed an American warship were widely reported in the…

8 years ago
  • Defence

US warship ‘had right to shoot down Russian jets’ – Kerry

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that US warship, the USS Donald Cook, would have been within its…

8 years ago
  • Defence

‘We will not cede space in the Baltic, we are not afraid’, says US warship commander after Russian flyby

The commander of the US warship buzzed by two Russian attack jets in the Baltic Sea has said that the…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Russian jets swoop within metres of American warship in ‘simulated attack’ over the Baltic Sea

Several Russian Su-24 attack aircraft conducted a “simulated attack profile” against the USS Donald Cook warship in the Baltic Sea,…

8 years ago