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The Baltics in 2020. Frontline States and the Double Periphery

... for the Baltic countries will drop significantly following Brexit and the adoption of the European Union’s new seven-year financial outlook. Third, the Baltic states will withdraw from the BRELL and the bulk of Russian freight will switch from the Baltic states to the freight ports in Russia’s north-west. Thus, several factors of negative significance for Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will converge in the same period, which could spark full-fledged economic and social crises in the Baltic states.

20.01.2020

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The Forgotten Island. The Baltic countries will dearly for energy independence

... Baltics finally turned from an energy-excessive into an energy-deficient region which has close electrical and gas bonds with Russia. Infrastructure (transport, gas, electricity and so on) is the last sphere Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have failed to completely integrate into Europe over the past 25 post-Soviet years. REUTERS/Gerard Julien ... ... make their countries part of the EU “energy mainland.” At the end of the day the efforts of the leaders of the Baltic states to resolve the current situation are driven by political phobias. On the one hand the Baltic establishment is convinced ...

25.12.2015

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)