Moscow Again Makes Expansive Claims to Large Parts of Arctic Ocean
byMoscow’s occupation and annexation of Crimea has attracted enormous attention and much criticism, but its efforts to get the international community to declare a…
Analysis
Kuldīga: Latvia’s Most Latvian Town
byWill Mawhood follows up his visit to Latvia’s most Russian city, Daugavpils, with a visit to one of its most Latvian, Kuldiga, for UpNorth…
Annexations Real and Imaginary
bySeventy-five years ago today, Acting US Secretary of State Sumner Wells declared that the United States would not recognize as legitimate the forcible annexation…
There is No Racism in Russia Just as There was No Sex in the USSR
byXenophobia has long been characteristic of Russia, Leonid Storch says, but Russians when accused of racism get angry and say that they have a…
What a REAL Russian Propaganda Ministry Would Do
byMost people assume that Vladimir Putin’s Russia has become a genuine propaganda state, but two Moscow military commentators say there is much more to…
The Swedish spy who sold out his country
byHe worked most of his career as an officer with the Secret Service, but many Swedes remember him today as the man who sold military…
Karelia Needs to Restore 1918 Otava Flag: Stepa
byThe flag a nation chooses for itself is important as an indication of how it sees itself and its place in the world. Twenty-five…
KGB, Finlandisation, and The Struggle For Power in Finland
byAuthor and former party secretary of Finland’s Centre Party Jarmo Korhonen has written a book about Finland’s post war history and former Finnish President,…
For Moscow, Russia’s ‘Most Dangerous Opponent’ in Europe is Poland and ‘Most Harmful’ is Estonia, Illarionov Says
byMoscow’s “black list” of European political figures who now will be denied entrance to the Russian Federation suggests that in the view of the…
An Anatomy of a News Item
byOn 1 May, 2015, Newsweek magazine published an article titled “Finnish military preparing 900,000 reservists for ‘crisis situation’”. The writer of the article was…