International Museum on Communism Moving Forward
byScroll through images using buttons on left and right. A new museum and international center for research on the crimes of communism is moving…
Analysis
Why Is Estonia Falling Behind on Magnitsky Implementation?
byLast week, Lithuania added 49 names to its Magnitsky list and the Latvian parliament is currently considering a resolution to adopt its own Magnitsky…
Confronting disinfo on TV in Tallinn
bySince 2011, Tallinn’s municipal government, which is governed by the Estonian Center Party (ECP), has been paying about €550,000 a year to First Baltic…
Finnish Historians: Former Finnish Foreign Minister An Operative of Russian intelligence
byProfessor and former Finnish ambassador, Alpo Rusi and the former party secretary of The Finnish Centre Party, author Jarmo Korhonen have published a new…
Putin Wants to Ban All Non-Russian Oil & Gas Shipping on Northern Sea Route
byVladimir Putin on Thursday told key ministers and business leaders that he wants Russian-flagged ships to have the exclusive right to move oil and…
Estonia’s Kremlin Friendly Voices in Russian State Media
byAn Estonian website has published a list of Estonians who frequently comment on EU-Russian and Estonian affairs in Russian state media. The website, propatstop.ee,…
Gays Being Attacked and Killed Across Russia, Not Just in Chechnya, New Study Shows
byLast spring, many in Russia and abroad focused on the mistreatment and even murder of LGBTs in Chechnya, a development that called attention to…
“For Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Should Not Exist” Says Russian Expert on Baltic Region
byNikolay Mezhevich, a St. Petersburg professor who heads the Russian Association of Baltic Research, says that “for Russia the [three Baltic] countries should not…
Helmets for Peace!
byDuring crises it’s essential that we look each other in the eye. To see and recognize ourselves as the humans we are and not…
Are “Home Russians” Making A Return in Finland?
byThe next Russian ambassador to Finland, Pavel Kuznetsov, differs strongly from the long-serving, doctor of physics Alexander Rumyanstev, who has served as Russian ambassador…