Russia Experts Call for Lustration in Finland
byA group of Finnish commentators has published a collection of articles analysing Finland’s position as Russia’s neighbour and the impact of Russian networks of…
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Moscow has Already Begun A Hybrid War against Latvia
byStaunton – In words that some will dismiss as being like those of the little boy who cried wolf and that others will see…
Latvian MEP Sandra Kalniete denied access to Russia for Nemtsov Funeral
byVice-Chairwoman of the EPP Group, Latvian MEP Sandra Kalniete was denied admission into Russia Monday. Kalniete was travelling to Moscow to attend the funeral…
Nemtsov: The adoption of the EU Magnitsky Law would be a blow to the criminal regime
byInterview conducted in April 2013 Boris Nemtsov: In principle, the Magnitsky Law would be unnecessary if a truly independent judiciary and law enforcement agencies…
Shevtsova: Belarus, ‘Key to Baltics,’ Perhaps Even More Important for Moscow than Ukraine
byStaunton – For Vladimir Putin, Belarus is “the key to the Baltic countries” as a military-strategic outpost and thus quite possibly Minsk will turn…
Estonian Election Guide
byIt’s only a few weeks before the parliamentary election polls open for Estonians to cast their vote. The following is a brief comparison of…
Putin Will Move Against Baltic Countries, if US Doesn’t Arm Ukraine
byStaunton – If President Obama follows German Chancellor Merkel and doesn’t arm Ukraine, the US president will not only “be playing the role Putin…
Minority report: the plight of Estonia’s ethnic Swedes
byEstonia’s Swedes survived revolution, invasion and exile. Their struggles tell the story of 20th-century Europe. In 1993 I found myself living on a former…
Another Defeat for Putin’s ‘Russian World’ – Very Few Russians in Estonia Want to Leave
byStaunton – Over the last two year period for which statistics are available, only 37 ethnic Russians moved from Estonia to the Russian Federation…
A New Sect Emerges in Russia – ‘Putin’s Witnesses’
byStaunton – Russians are ironically calling “the Network,” as the Kremlin’s new youth movement is officially known, “Putin’s Witnesses” because its members are so…