Remembering the Nations the Soviets Deported in Whole or in Part
byToday, many people in the Russian Federation will pause to remember the victims of political repressions in the USSR, in particular the members of…
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Kremlin Creating Military Unit To Combat History
byThe Russian Defence Ministry has announced that it will create a unit within the Russian Armed Forces tasked with combating “falsifications” of Soviet history. Over the past…
Estonia and Poland only Nordic and Baltic Sea Countries To Meet NATO Defence Spending Goal
byEstonia and Poland join The United States, United Kingdom and Greece as the only five NATO countries to meet their NATO defence spending commitments…
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…
President Ilves: On May 8th There Are No Victors, No Losers, Only Survivors
byRemarks by President Ilves at the Commemoration of the end of the Second World War at Westerplatte, May 8, 2015 Thank you President Komorowski…
Ukraine Seen Forming New Military ‘Troika’ with Lithuania and Poland
byStaunton, November 26 – Having reluctantly concluded that it will not get the assistance it needs from NATO as a whole, the Ukrainian government…
Putin: Russian troops could be in Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn and Warsaw in two days
byGerman newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that if he “wanted to, Russian troops could be, not…
Edward Lucas: The West must improve its resilience and solidarity in the face of Russian pressure
byWritten testimony to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, September 3rd, 2014 I have been dealing with European security for more than thirty…