Search: Baltic states,Russia (14 materials)

 

Eternal Baltic August

... on other states, in violation of their legal obligations before them.” In the 27 years since, the decisions of the Congress and the Commission have been criticized by radical nationalists in the republics, as well as by the governments of the Baltic states and, finally, Russian politicians and historians. The radical nationalists believed that power could de facto and de jure still be taken in 1990. Many Russian historians and politicians, meanwhile, argued that adopting the decision created a legal basis for the Baltic ...

24.08.2015

The Pentagon’s Compelling Arguments

... Europe’ The United States, skillfully taking advantage of the phobias and vulnerabilities of countries that until just recently had been part of the socialist bloc, is considering the possibility of taking the military and political confrontation with Russia to a new level. When information was leaked to the media in mid-July 2015 about the possible deployment of a U.S. military arsenal in Hungary, the Hungarian public had virtually no reaction whatsoever to this news. These reports were only published ...

28.07.2015

Back to Lafayette

... Perhaps this is how we should look at the plans to move a part of the United States’ heavy weaponry to Poland and the Baltic states, which have become more convenient places for U.S. troops to store their military equipment, from both the political ... ... the opportunistic nature of these plans hardly proves their coherence and aggressiveness, despite all this ostentatiously anti-Russian rhetoric. Otherwise, the scale, makeup and structure of forces, as well as the arsenal of weapons needed to carry out ...

18.06.2015

Security Issues Are Not Resolved by Nervousness

... because of any real growing apprehension about the “Russian threat”. Norway has joined in the sanctions against Russia, a key partner in the implementation of the government’s programme to develop the country’s northern regions,... ... cooperation. I would like to note in relation to this that the countries of Northern Europe started to pay increased attention to the Baltic states as soon as they gained their independence, and focused on developing various forms of cooperation with them. The ...

04.03.2015
 

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