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…
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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…
Former Russian FSB Chief Puts Finland in Russian Crosshairs For Upholding EU Sanctions
byThe only Russian delegate to attend the 40th anniversary OSCE meeting in Helsinki, Nikolai Kovalev has loudly criticized Finland’s decision to uphold an EU…
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…
Kaupo Kikkas: No Tears Project – Members of The Estonian Defence League
byRenowned Estonian photographer, Kaupo Kikkas, has released a series of portraits of members of Estonia’s Defence League. Kikkas’s series follows a series that was…
Putin’s Sabre Rattling Threatens Russia’s Neighbors, the World, and Russia Itself
byVladimir Putin’s increasingly belligerent stance and his announcement Wednesday that Moscow will put in place 40 additional nuclear weapons not only represents a threat…
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,…
Kross: Estonia Is Not Threatened by “Masses of Islamists”, but by Total Provincialization
byContrary to the widespread notions that are currently dominating discussions and headlines in Estonia: nobody actually wants to come to Estonia. Estonia is not…
Rising Fear: The Elimination of Russia’s Activists at Home and Abroad
byTimeline of Russian Assassinations Three months after Russian opposition leader, Boris Nemtsov was murdered in Moscow, his colleague and friend, Vladimir Kara-Murza awoke today…
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…