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Feature, News, RussiaFebruary 28, 2015<February 28, 2015

Nemtsov: The adoption of the EU Magnitsky Law would be a blow to the criminal regime

by Elena Servettaz

Interview conducted in April 2013 Boris Nemtsov: In principle, the Magnitsky Law would be unnecessary if a truly independent judiciary and law enforcement agencies…

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NewsFebruary 27, 2015<February 27, 2015

Shevtsova: Belarus, ‘Key to Baltics,’ Perhaps Even More Important for Moscow than Ukraine

by Paul Goble

Staunton – For Vladimir Putin, Belarus is “the key to the Baltic countries” as a military-strategic outpost and thus quite possibly Minsk will turn…

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Analysis, Estonia, NewsFebruary 18, 2015<February 18, 2015

Estonian Election Guide

by Laas Leivat

It’s only a few weeks before the parliamentary election polls open for Estonians to cast their vote. The following is a brief comparison of…

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Analysis, NewsFebruary 17, 2015<February 17, 2015

Putin Will Move Against Baltic Countries, if US Doesn’t Arm Ukraine

by Paul Goble

Staunton – If President Obama follows German Chancellor Merkel and doesn’t arm Ukraine, the US president will not only “be playing the role Putin…

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Culture, Estonia, History, SwedenFebruary 12, 2015<February 12, 2015

Minority report: the plight of Estonia’s ethnic Swedes

by Sigrid Rausing

Estonia’s Swedes survived revolution, invasion and exile. Their struggles tell the story of 20th-century Europe. In 1993 I found myself living on a former…

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Culture, Photography, TravelFebruary 9, 2015<February 9, 2015

From Lahti to the Philippines: A Finnish Tiger Sandwich

by Editor

A unique exhibition of non-Nordic work by young Finnish photographers opened last week in Helsinki. “Tiger Sandwich” examines angels, bellies, fishermen, streets, dogs, gold…

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Analysis, Estonia, RussiaFebruary 6, 2015<February 6, 2015

Another Defeat for Putin’s ‘Russian World’ – Very Few Russians in Estonia Want to Leave

by Paul Goble

Staunton – Over the last two year period for which statistics are available, only 37 ethnic Russians moved from Estonia to the Russian Federation…

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Analysis, Feature, RussiaFebruary 3, 2015<February 3, 2015

A New Sect Emerges in Russia – ‘Putin’s Witnesses’

by Paul Goble

Staunton – Russians are ironically calling “the Network,” as the Kremlin’s new youth movement is officially known, “Putin’s Witnesses” because its members are so…

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Culture, Estonia, TravelFebruary 2, 2015<February 2, 2015

Winter surfing . . . Estonian style

by Editor

Post by Martin Karja.

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Culture, Film, LithuaniaFebruary 2, 2015<February 2, 2015

Lithuanian film “The Summer of Sangaile” Scores Sundance Prize

by Editor

Lithuanian director, Alante Kavaitė, has won the Sundance World Cinema Drama prize for directing “The Summer of Sangaile.” This is the first Sundance prize for a…

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