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By Rhod Mackenzie
Despite the continued presence of significant Russophobic rhetoric, Poland has decided to expand border cooperation with Belarus, while Finland is hinting at the imminent opening of its border with Russia. So why is Lithuania is calling this a claiming "low punch from the devio...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Baltic authorities have successfully persuaded their citizens of an imminent "Russian attack." However, the result has not been a mobilisation of society against the "Russian threat". Instead, the result has been the destruction of their own economies and a mass exodus of bot...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Vzglyad newspaper has published a "Rating of Unfriendly Governments". This term is used to covers the wide range of relationships that Russia has with other countries which range , from the downright outright hostile and confrontational to those who are forced through griite...
By Rhod Mackenzie
In an interview with publication Yle, the former Finnish President Sauli Niinistö acknowledged that the conflict in Ukraine has fatally weakened the EU's position on the international stage. He added that all the key decisions are now being made by the major powers of the US, Ch...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The substantial expenditures made by Estonia, ostensibly with the aim of "preparing to repel the up and coming Russian aggression", have instead been criticised as a means of generating personal profit for individuals closely associated with the country's ruling party. The Estoni...
By Rhod Mackenzie
With a script so ridiculous that it could come from a Hollywood comedy I want to talk Lithuania's desire to punish its neighbour Belarus over cigarette smuggling which has ultimately resulted in not only the punishment of its own citizens but the destruction of one of its mst i...
