How to Fill Very Big Shoes: Estonia’s Choice for a New President
byVery soon Estonia — or its representatives — will be electing a new president, to succeed Toomas Hendrik Ilves, whose second and final term…
Brexit Puts NATO at Risk Too, Putin Ally Says
byMany in both Moscow and the West believe, happily or unhappily, that Britain’s vote to leave the EU will spark similar referenda in other…
The Russian Cyber Threat: Views from Estonia
byTensions between Russia and its adversaries in the West are escalating. In recent years, Russia has undermined the security of its neighbors by violating…
Helsinki-Tallinn Tunnel Study Funding Approved by EU
byThe European Union has approved nearly 1 million euros to fund a feasibility study for a tunnel rail link between the Finnish and Estonian capitals. According to a…
Sofi Oksanen: What It’s Like to Write about Russia
byIn 2003 I published my first novel in Finland, Stalin’s Cows, which dealt with the recent history of Estonia. I was confronted by journalists…
Lavrov: Russia Will Respond To NATO Baltic Activity
byRussian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has warned his Finnish counterparts that Russia would deliver an unspecified response to NATO’s increased activities in the Baltic…
Putin: A 21st Century Hitler?
byThe similarities between Hitler’s Germany and Putin’s Russia are striking – and thoroughly disturbing. Will an increasingly stressed Putin push his country towards war,…
Moscow Creating Military Units It Would Need to Invade Baltic Countries, Shtepa Says
byIt is always risky to derive intentions from capacities, but Moscow’s moves to create new military units opposite the Baltic states suggests that the…
Soviet Era Lustration Archive Project Launched in Finland
by”Lustration is the process of making something clear or pure, usually by means of a propitiatory offering. It is also the purge of government…