Three NATO members still rely on Russia to manage their electricity grid. They’re about to pull the plug
Estonia, along with fellow Baltic states Latvia and Lithuania, is preparing finally to rid itself of one of the last vestiges ...
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Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of ‘Europe’s last dictator’
Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. The Slavic nation of 9 million people is sandwiched between ...
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NATO Ally Backs Trump's Defense Spending Demands: 'You Can Never Feel Safe'
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has declared that any effort to end Russia's war in Ukraine must fully involve Kyiv.
Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia
Nearly 3 1/2 decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will ...
Lithuanian president backs Trump’s NATO defense spending goal amid ongoing Russian threat
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda says that any peace settlement in Ukraine must involve Kyiv and come with more defense spending by regional countries to deter future Russian aggression ...
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What another Lukashenko ‘victory’ will mean for Europe’s security – and that of Belarus’ citizenry
Belarus under Lukashenko has become embroiled in the battle between NATO-backed Western Europe and Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
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Teflon Lukashenko is elected again in Belarus. What now?
Belarus’ strongman President Aleksandr Lukashenko secured his seventh term with an expected 87.6% of the vote, extending his ...
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Putin to deploy hypersonic 'wonder weapon' to Belarus
While NATO it 'does not seek confrontation and poses no threat to Russia', Putin and his allies have increasingly sent ...
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Lithuanian president backs Trump's NATO defense spending goal amid ongoing Russian threat
Its geographical position — bordering Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave to the west and Moscow’s proxy Belarus to the east ... a challenge of Putin towards NATO." The country recently became ...
Belarus election: how ‘Europe’s last dictator’ held onto power as his opponents were jailed or exiled
The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The ...
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Russia's efforts to de facto annex Belarus pose strategic risks to US, NATO and Ukraine – ISW
The analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) point out that Russia's attempts to de facto annex Belarus pose strategic risks to the United States, NATO and Ukraine. Source: ISW Quote from ...