... many cases, this art was simply missing in Moscow following the end of the Cold War. We should have invested many more resources in building stronger relations with our neighbours. I do not recall a single visit of any Russian President to any of the Baltic states, while American and many Western European leaders paid visits to Tallinn regularly. But Estonia should be more important to Russia than it is to the US, given that we are neighbours, share a common history and the country’s large Russian-speaking ...
... some hope of a breakthrough is Russia-EU collaboration on the issue of climate. This is now seen as a priority not only in the European Union, but increasingly in Russia as well. What is particularly interesting here is exploring the nexus between climate ... ... protection, climate change, the Arctic, and the like.
A special mention needs to be made about Russia’s relations with the three Baltic states. The fundamental issues that breed distrust and resentment on both sides will not have gone away in a decade’s ...
... economies into the economic and infrastructural space of the European Union. This is most clearly manifested in the desire to withdraw from the Belarus–Russia–Estonia–Latvia–Lithuania (BRELL) power grid and integrate their power networks into the European Union’s interconnected energy system. Besides, the Baltic states are keen to diversify energy sources to overcome Gazprom’s monopoly on the region’s gas market. LNG terminals have been built in the Baltic Sea region
for this very purpos
e (although only the
Independence
LNG-terminal in Lithuania ...
This new ELN policy brief looks at ways to reduce the risk of military confrontation between Russia and NATO, namely in the Baltic region. The authors argue that steps to ensure military stability are not only possible, but are also mutually beneficial.
This new ELN policy brief looks at ways to reduce the risk of military confrontation between Russia and NATO, namely in the Baltic region. The authors argue that steps to ensure military stability are not only possible, but are also mutually beneficial...
... large Russian-speaking communities as a fifth column leading to tensions that exist to this day. After a while, problems have accumulated, and Russia's unchanging attitude pushed the three Baltic republics towards the Western institutions: NATO and the European Union. In the midst of these problems, Russia has yet to change its attitude towards the Baltic states. Moscow preferred to talk to the 'old Europe' over the heads of Russia's closest Western neighbors. Russia still expects that Brussels, Berlin and Paris would solve all the problems within the EU and the Baltic states in particular. Such ...
On June 10–12, 2019, in St. Petersburg, European Council on Foreign Relations together with Russian International Affairs Council held an expert meeting on “Security Issues in Relations between Russia and the Baltic States and Russia-Ukraine Relations”
On June 10–12, 2019, in St. Petersburg, European Council on Foreign Relations together with Russian International Affairs Council held an expert meeting on “Security Issues in Relations between Russia ...
... different from that of the Klaipėda project.
Teaching the wrong things
With Nord Sream 2 being built along the borders of the Baltic states, the leaders of these countries put their stake on the import of liquefied gas, especially from the USA.
In spite ... ... countries of course also have fears connected with their dependence on Russian gas supplies. Russia
meets
about a third of the European Union’s gas needs, with Poland, Italy and Germany accounting for 60% of that amount. Germany, the biggest consumer ...
... continue to be financed at the same level, no-one will remember the Eastern Partnership in Europe.
It is interesting that, in the Baltic states, to whose successes the Moldovan minister refers, skepticism regarding the partnership is growing. “The next ... ... gain maximum assistance for minimum obligations. Lacking sufficient economic capabilities for really supporting Ukraine, the European Union put P. Poroshenko in essentially the same position as V. Yanukovich, plus the war and impending default, minus ...
