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NewsFebruary 6, 2023<February 16, 2023

Russia’s War Against Ukraine: Russian speakers in the Baltics

by Krista Viksnins

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the war has unified Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian societies while Russian speakers in these countries remain divided. During the early…

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History, RussiaOctober 24, 2022<October 24, 2022

Putin’s War Against Women

by Sofi Oksanen

Mikhail Romanov is a father, husband, and a 31-year-old Russian Army soldier. This Spring he broke into a residential house near Kyiv, killed the…

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Estonia, Finland, News, RussiaMarch 31, 2022<October 24, 2022

Manipulated Minds

by Sofi Oksanen

When Swedish television broadcast a film based on Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s novella A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich in the seventies, Finland shut…

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Estonia, History, News, RussiaFebruary 21, 2022<February 21, 2022

How The Estonian Student Resistance Built an Estonian NATO Base in 1982

by Eerik Niiles Kross

Estonia’s student resistance movement built a British NATO base in Estonia in 1982. And, of course, they wrote a song about it. This week,…

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EstoniaNovember 12, 2021<November 12, 2021

Estonian Local Election Review: Left Loses, Right Revives, and Populists Ponder

by Sam Kramer

The October local elections marked a transformation in Estonian politics. The Center Party, which traditionally dominated the major cities’ politics, lost a significant vote…

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Estonia, FinlandAugust 11, 2021<August 11, 2021

Aspiring Estonian Presidential Candidate Suggests “Finlandization” for Estonia

by Editor

A self-declared candidate for the upcoming Estonian Presidential election, Tarmo Soomere, has suggested that Estonia’s security chief should call his Russian colleague on an…

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Estonia, History, RussiaMay 21, 2021<May 21, 2021

Challenges in exploring the Arctic: historical maritime exploration and current realities

by Hain Rebas

Early 19th Century Russian  Exploration In the year 1800, Europe had been drawn into the Napoleonic wars, and Russia’s Czar Paul I still had…

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Canadian Baltic Community Petition for New Sanctions on Putin Regime
NewsApril 15, 2021<April 15, 2021

Canadian Baltic Community Petition for New Sanctions on Putin Regime

by Editor

The Baltic Federation in Canada, representing the interests of Canadians of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian heritage supports a parliamentary petition calling on the Canadian…

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RussiaFebruary 19, 2021<February 19, 2021

Podcast with Vladimir Ashurkov of The Anti-Corruption Foundation

by Editor

The world has followed closely the attempted assassination via poisoning, recent arrest, and now conviction of Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny. With thousands of…

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Culture, Estonia, Latvia, Music, News, RussiaFebruary 4, 2021<February 4, 2021

Tallinn Calling: Jazz, Punk, Rock & Roll and Youth Culture in the Soviet Union

by Marcus Kolga

A lecture by Marcus Kolga for the Estonian Diaspora Museum VEMU on Jazz, Punk, Rock & Roll and Youth Culture in the Soviet Union.

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