Baltic Security: An Interivew with Latvian General Raimonds Graube (ret)
byRetired Latvian Chief of Defence, Lieutenant General Raimons Graube talks about the current Baltic Sea security environment and the importance of NATO and Canada’s…
Russia
Lithuania Grants Asylum to Two Russians Fleeing LGBT Persecution
byLithuanian authorities have granted asylum to two gay Russian men fleeing persecution in Chechnya, according to Russia’s Interfax news agency. The violent and systematic…
Rejecting The Kremlin’s Falsification of History & Cult of Victory
byThis week, veterans groups and individuals gathered in cities around the world to participate in ceremonies marking the Allied liberation of Europe from Nazi…
Izborsky Club Calls for New Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to Re-Divide Eastern Europe between Moscow and Berlin
byThe Izborsky Club, a group of Russian nationalist intellectuals that has often been extremely influential in the Kremlin of Vladimir Putin, is now calling…
“Fortuna” & The Finnish Style of Active Measures
byIn countering Russian non-linear wafare and so-called “hybrid operations”, the identification and publication of Kremlin-linked networks of influence is an essential act for every…
Security Challenges of the Baltic Sea Region: LIVE STREAM
byUpNorth will be live streaming the Security Challenges of the Baltic Sea Region in Stockholm this Saturday. The aim of the conference is to…
Disinformation and NATO: An Interview with Latvian Foreign Minister, Edgars Rinkēvičs
byAn exclusive interview with Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edgars Rinkēvičs, during his recent visit to Canada. The Minister talks about the ongoing information…
Kadyrov Opens First Concentration Camp for Gays Since Hitler’s Times
byChechen head Ramzan Kadyrov has not only sponsored direct attacks on members of the LGBT community in his republic but has adopted a plan…
Vladimir Putin’s Selective Use of History
byUsing history is merely a tactic for the Kremlin. The West often regards Russian President Vladimir Putin as a history-conscious leader. The reasoning for…
Central Moscow in Navalny Protest Lockdown – Media Blacked Out
byVIDEO SHOT BY ALEXEY KOVALEV SHOWS MASSIVE POLICE PRESENCE AND VIOLENT ARREST OF PROTESTORS Things are getting quite tense around Pushkin sq, lots of…