Icelandic Government Presents Plan to Lift Capital Controls
byPrime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and Minister of Finance Bjarni Benediktsson presented a plan to lift capital controls—which have been in place…
Magnitsky Legislation Introduced by Canadian Parliamentarian
byCanadian MP, and former Justice Minister, Irwin Cotler introduced the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (C-689), which would allow for the imposition of…
Rising Fear: The Elimination of Russia’s Activists at Home and Abroad
byTimeline of Russian Assassinations Three months after Russian opposition leader, Boris Nemtsov was murdered in Moscow, his colleague and friend, Vladimir Kara-Murza awoke today…
For Moscow, Russia’s ‘Most Dangerous Opponent’ in Europe is Poland and ‘Most Harmful’ is Estonia, Illarionov Says
byMoscow’s “black list” of European political figures who now will be denied entrance to the Russian Federation suggests that in the view of the…
Baltic States Consider Joint Air Defense System
byDefense ministers for the three Baltic states have discussed plans to develop a joint air defense system. The ministers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania…
Finland Cannot Confirm Possible Submarine Incursion in April
byOn Thursday, the Finnish Navy closed its inquiry into a possible submarine incursion in April. The Navy said that there wasn’t enough evidence to…
An Anatomy of a News Item
byOn 1 May, 2015, Newsweek magazine published an article titled “Finnish military preparing 900,000 reservists for ‘crisis situation’”. The writer of the article was…
New crackdown on ‘undesirable’ foreign organizations becomes law with Putin’s signature
byTensions between Russia and the West reached a higher pitch over the weekend when President Vladimir Putin signed into law a vice-like new crackdown…
New Finnish Government Announced, Will Explore NATO Membership
byIncoming Prime Minister Juha Sipilä announced today that former PM Alexander Stubb will become the his coalition governmnet’s new finance minister and Timo Soini,…
Halonen: Estonia Still Experiencing Post-Soviet Trauma
byFormer Finnish President, Tarja Halonen, has repeated her diagnosis of Estonia’s approach towards Russia as being a symptom of Estonia’s post-Soviet, Post Traumatic Stress…