Lennart Meri Conference set to discuss future of Europe and NATO ahead of the Warsaw summit
byEntitled “Shaping the New Normal” the 10th Lennart Meri Conference will focus on the future of Europe and the West from 13th to 15th…
Russia
Victory Cult Intended to Keep Russian Federation’s Non-Russians within an Empire and Former Soviet Republics Together: Ukrainian Commentator
byMany Russian commentators have pointed out that the way in which Vladimir Putin is exploiting Victory Day is about the legitimation of the Soviet…
Nuclear submarine fire in Russia Far East again raises questions surrounding safe dismantlement
byA decommissioned Russian nuclear submarine moored off a naval base on the Kamchatka peninsula caught fire on Friday, but there was no radioactive contamination…
Russian Propaganda Film Triggers MEP Call for Sanctions
byA group of European Members of Parliament, including Estonian MEP, Tunne Kelam, Lithuanian MEP, Petras Auštrevičius, and former Belgian Prime Minister, Guy Verhovstadt, have renewed…
Kremlin Agents Manipulating Swedish NATO Debate: SAPO
bySwedish Security Services (SAPO) are warning that Russian agents have been actively working to undermine Swedish cooperation with NATO, according to a report in…
Russia Threatens Sweden with Missile Deployment
byIn a recent interview, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov told Sweden’s Dagen Nyheter warned that “it’s every country’s right to decide what form its security…
Russia May Wish to Provoke a Serious Incident before NATO’s Summit in Warsaw
byThe Kremlin pretends officially that it does not comprehend the Baltic and Polish “paranoia“ concerning their perceived Russian threat and demand for significantly increased…
Numerically Small Indigenous Peoples of The Russian North an Ever Bigger Problem for Moscow
byWhen people in Moscow or the West talk about “nationality problems” in Russia, they typically focus on ethnic groups which, because of their large…
The Impact of Western Sanctions on The Russian Oil Sector
byWestern governments imposed sanctions on Russia for violating the sovereignty of Ukraine in the spring of 2014. Some of the restrictions were directed against…