The 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact entails five lessons for the world today, Paul Goble, the American analyst, writer and columnist with expertise on Russia, writes.* Some […]
Paul Goble: Five lessons for today from the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Read More
It’s not uncommon for Moscow officials and news outlets to periodically attack the Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – for their supposed “mistreatment
Moscow increasingly furious at Baltic responses to Putin’s war in Ukraine Read More
The late Estonian president, Lennart Meri, once delivered a remarkable address in Hamburg, Germany, that caused the then-deputy mayor of St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin, to
When Putin couldn’t take the truth spoken by Lennart Meri Read More
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, wants Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to become Russian protectorates; and now that he has won the right to stay in
Russia expert: Putin wants to make Baltic states Russian protectorates Read More
On 18 November, Sergey Belyayev, the head of the Russian foreign ministry’s second European department, reiterated Moscow’s view that the 1920 Treaty of Tartu, in
A new study reveals that the most fundamental divide in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania is not along ethnic lines – and in fact, it has
New study: Baltic populations divided not only along ethnic lines Read More
Vladislav Inozemtsev, a Russian economist, said that even though many in the West believe Russia will in the future seek to occupy part of one
Russian economist: Putin more likely to move against Belarus, not Estonia Read More
Estonian colonel Riho Ühtegi recently told a Western outlet that Russian invaders may get to the Estonian capital in two days, but “they will die in
Russians dismiss the Estonian claim that a Russian attack would fail in Tallinn Read More
Andrey Ivanov, an ethnic Russian Estonian novelist, says in a new and well-regarded novel, “A Handful of Dust,” that the reason for Estonians not liking
Novelist: Estonians don’t like Russians because the Soviet occupation denied them choices Read More
Not only are ever more ethnic Russians choosing to become Estonian citizens, but they are joining the ranks of the Kaitseliit, the Estonian Defence League
