NATO Fighters Scrambled 12 Times to Escort Russian Warplanes
byThe Latvian National Armed Forces issued a statement on Wednesday that NATO Air Policing jets were scrambled twelve times to intercept Russian warplanes that…
Kuldīga: Latvia’s Most Latvian Town
byWill Mawhood follows up his visit to Latvia’s most Russian city, Daugavpils, with a visit to one of its most Latvian, Kuldiga, for UpNorth…
Annexations Real and Imaginary
bySeventy-five years ago today, Acting US Secretary of State Sumner Wells declared that the United States would not recognize as legitimate the forcible annexation…
The Virus of Freedom
byTranslated from the piece that appeared in the Suddeutsche Zeitung by Alexander Fischer. In dictatorships, those in power expect you to not only provide…
There is No Racism in Russia Just as There was No Sex in the USSR
byXenophobia has long been characteristic of Russia, Leonid Storch says, but Russians when accused of racism get angry and say that they have a…
Swedish “dansband” music swings to new highs
bySwedish House Mafia, Abba, First Aid Kid, Jose Gonsalez, Tove Lo, Robyn – all Swedish artists known around the world. But there’s another, lesser-known…
Yes, in Finland you can have sex with your pet
byYLE reports that Finland stands alongside Romania and Hungary as one of the last three EU countries in which sexual intercourse with an animal…
Former Russian FSB Chief Puts Finland in Russian Crosshairs For Upholding EU Sanctions
byThe only Russian delegate to attend the 40th anniversary OSCE meeting in Helsinki, Nikolai Kovalev has loudly criticized Finland’s decision to uphold an EU…
What a REAL Russian Propaganda Ministry Would Do
byMost people assume that Vladimir Putin’s Russia has become a genuine propaganda state, but two Moscow military commentators say there is much more to…