Russia’s Changing Identity: In Search of a Role in the 21st Century

... confirmed in treaties signed by Moscow. The main irritant in Estonia and Latvia’s relations with Russia since the end of the USSR has been the status of sizeable local ethnic Russian populations who did not automatically receive citizenship rights when ... ... existing realities, but “Russian aggression against the Baltic States” has become a popular narrative and a rallying cry within NATO. Belarus, which is closest to Russia ethnically and culturally, and since 1999 has formed a “union state” with it, has gradually ...