Nemtsov Report Highlights Putin’s Extravagant Lifestyle
byA 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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Norwegian MPs push for all cars to be electric in 10 years
byNorway’s Liberal Party has suggested that the country make a full switch to electric cars by the year 2025, ridding its roads entirely of…
Putin’s Palaces: The Life of A Galley Slave
byTranslated into English by Vladimir Kanevski, Alla Kadysh and Marcus Kolga Edited by Marcus Kolga As for my personal perception, I’m not ashamed…
US Presidential Candidates on Russia, Ukraine and The Baltics
byRussia is now waging its summer offensive at the Ukrainian front. It was a year and a half ago that Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea…
You, Estonians, Are Being Lied To About Race
byWhat angers me the most about what happened to me last Saturday evening in Tallinn is that it was all a lie. It’s not…
Estonian Officer Abducted by FSB Sentenced To 15 Years
byA Russian court has convicted of espionage an Estonian security officer who Tallinn and Brussels say was abducted in Estonia a year ago and…
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…
NATO Fighters Scrambled 12 Times to Escort Russian Warplanes
byThe Latvian National Armed Forces issued a statement on Wednesday that NATO Air Policing jets were scrambled twelve times to intercept Russian warplanes that…
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…