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Military-political mayhem in the Baltics: is the US winding down its aid program for the Baltic states?

11:47 12.09.2025

Military-political mayhem in the Baltics: is the US winding down its aid program for the Baltic states?

Since the onset of September, panicked and bravura statements coming out from the Baltic capitals have been taking turns demonstrating the scope of emotional swings. This time round, we are talking about strategic confusion caused by contradictory signals from Washington. On the one hand, President Trump made it clear that …

To "hack" the outcome of Romanian presidential elections, unfavorable to the West, a constitutional loophole was used

11:36 19.12.2024

To "hack" the outcome of Romanian presidential elections, unfavorable to the West, a constitutional loophole was used

The second round of the Romanian presidential elections, scheduled for Sunday, December 8th, was canceled the previous Friday by an unprecedented intervention of the Constitutional Court, orchestrated by local special services and their supervisors. Naturally, they were looking for a "Russian trace". Western media outlets portray the colossal failure of …

"Pacifism" and the Greed of Swedish Capital: Riga Unsuccessfully Attempts to Force Stockholm Shareholder to Work for Latvian Militarism

11:13 18.11.2024

"Pacifism" and the Greed of Swedish Capital: Riga Unsuccessfully Attempts to Force Stockholm Shareholder to Work for Latvian Militarism

Latvia is simmering with a scandal stemming from the persistent unwillingness by the Swedish firm "Telia" – a shareholder in the Latvian Mobile Telephone (LMT) - to take Latvia's defense industry seriously and invest its resources and technology in related projects. This is despite the fact that "Telia" itself is …

False alarm in the Baltic: effect of preventive mistrust

12:08 28.05.2024

False alarm in the Baltic: effect of preventive mistrust

On May 22, there was a flurry of alarmist statements coming from Baltic and Finnish politicians, who, “just in case,” saw the proposals made by the Russian Defense Ministry the day before as a threat. The draft resolution by the government of the Russian Federation prepared by military experts to …

Is church in Estonia really separated from the state? Estonia’s top cop and MPs up in arms against the Estonian Orthodox Church

11:46 17.05.2024

Is church in Estonia really separated from the state? Estonia’s top cop and MPs up in arms against the Estonian Orthodox Church

In an unprecedented provocation against Russia, the Estonian authorities are making every effort to separate the Estonian Orthodox Church (EOC) from Moscow, including when it comes to canonical ties, and establish total control over the spiritual life of a significant portion of the Baltic country’s Russian-speaking population and part of …

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