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Per Olaf Salming

Per Olaf Salming

Per Olaf Salming is a Swedish writer based in New York. He writes about design, music, arts and the occasional foreign policy issue. He fancies filter-less French cigarettes with his Vana Tallinn.

Estonia, Latvia, TravelOctober 29, 2015<October 29, 2015

Latvia Ranked as Top Global Travel Destination

Latvia and Estonia have both been ranked on top travel destination lists by travel guide publisher Lonely Planet.Ranked #5 in it’s 2016 overall Best…

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Kremlin Creating Military Unit To Combat History
Estonia, History, Latvia, Lithuania, News, Poland, RussiaOctober 20, 2015<October 20, 2015

Kremlin Creating Military Unit To Combat History

The Russian Defence Ministry has announced that it will create a unit within the Russian Armed Forces tasked with combating “falsifications” of Soviet history. Over the past…

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Kohver and Estonian Officials Address Media
Estonia, Feature, RussiaSeptember 26, 2015<September 26, 2015

Kohver and Estonian Officials Address Media

Abducted Estonian officer, Eston Kohler, who was released after a swap with Russia, held a press conference earlier today with Interior Minister, Hando Pevkur…

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Art, Culture, Design, Estonia, FeatureSeptember 23, 2015<September 23, 2015

Gigantic Megaphones Amplify Sounds of Estonian Forests

On September 18th, an installation of three gigantic wooden megaphones built by a team of Estonian Academy of Arts interior architecture students opened for…

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Estonia, RussiaSeptember 14, 2015<September 14, 2015

Russia Today Writer Denied Entry Into Estonia

A writer for The Kremlin’s “Russia Today” was denied entry into Estonia before noon today. Marina Perekrestova was denied entry by Estonian customs officials…

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News, RussiaAugust 28, 2015<August 28, 2015

Nemtsov Report Highlights Putin’s Extravagant Lifestyle

A translation of Boris Nemtsov’s and Leonid Martynyuk’s 2012 seismic report exposing the profanely extravagant lifestyle of Russian President Vladimir Putin, have been published…

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NATO Fighters Scrambled 12 Times to Escort Russian Warplanes
Latvia, News, RussiaJuly 29, 2015<July 29, 2015

NATO Fighters Scrambled 12 Times to Escort Russian Warplanes

The Latvian National Armed Forces issued a statement on Wednesday that NATO Air Policing jets were scrambled twelve times to intercept Russian warplanes that…

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Feature, Finland, News, RussiaJuly 10, 2015<July 10, 2015

Former Russian FSB Chief Puts Finland in Russian Crosshairs For Upholding EU Sanctions

The only Russian delegate to attend the 40th anniversary OSCE meeting in Helsinki, Nikolai Kovalev has loudly criticized Finland’s decision to uphold an EU…

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Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, News, RussiaJune 30, 2015<June 30, 2015

Kremlin Investigating Legitimacy of Baltic Independence

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has started an investigation into the legitimacy of the independence of the Baltic states after a request was submitted…

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News, RussiaJune 30, 2015<June 30, 2015

Russian Backlash Against Facebook’s Rainbow Flag

Last week, Facebook published a pro-LGBT app that allows users to overlay a transparent rainbow flag over their profile image was introduced on the…

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