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A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.
Navy ships from Nato members on an exercise in the Baltic Sea in 2020.
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A rogue document apparently showing Russian intention to expand its territory in the Baltic region surfaced in the past few days.
Pleading for help: Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, says his country is running out of the means with which to defend itself.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Baltic states are planning to build hundreds of bunkers, form a joint defence zone and increasing military spending.
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Baltic states have high numbers of Russian speakers, who Putin has vowed to ‘protect’.
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This year, 32 years after Latvia’s independence, the festival boasted over 40,000 participants including almost 3,000 from Latvia’s diaspora.
More people moved into Scandinavia in Viking times than at any other time period analysed in the study.
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DNA analysis reveals a large migration of people into Scandinavia during Viking times.
The Obelisk, adorned with communist star, was torn down in Riga, Latvia.
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History is not being destroyed but the way people remember is being changed.
Soviet-era monument in Riga, Latvia, which was splashed with the colours of the Ukraine flag the day after Russia invaded in February 2022.
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In much of eastern Europe historical memory of communist rule has been brought into sharp focus by the war in Ukraine.
Stuck in the middle: the border between Lithuania and Russia’s exclave at Kaliningrad.
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A small piece of Russian territory on the Baltic coast has become the focus of heightened tensions on Nato’s fringe.
A demonstrator holds a pro-Ukraine sign during a protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Almaty, Kazakhstan — a former Soviet republic that has largely stayed neutral during the conflict — in March 2022.
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The war in Ukraine is a seismic event. A weakened Russia will try to take advantage of a poorer, more divided and less secure post-Soviet region.
Russian disinformation, amplified by China, is raising fears that the war in Ukraine could escalate.
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The Russian government used disinformation to fabricate a justification for invading Ukraine. A new campaign focused on biowarfare claims threatens to escalate the conflict.
What he wants. What he really, really wants?
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A scholar of Russian history breaks down what Putin’s aim might be in threatening military invasion, and why that might backfire.
Who’s manipulating what you know before you vote?
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Information warfare has gone global. Here are some recent campaigns, and a couple of ideas about how to fight back.
A board for the Prussian wargame of ‘Kriegsspiel.’
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War games let you test your political and military acumen right at your kitchen table – while also helping you appreciate how decision-makers are limited by the choices of others.
People gather in the streets in Vilnius, Lithuania to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the country’s statehood.
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While many countries across Eastern Europe celebrate 100 years since they were born or restored as nation-states after the First World War, not everyone in these states are celebrating.
The March 3, 2019, elections in Estonia were well-defended against anti-democracy influences.
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An Estonian cybersecurity leader explains how her country defends itself, its society and its elections from Russian interference.
Look out for Russian influence.
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European countries, especially the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, have confronted Russian disinformation campaigns for decades. The US can learn from their experience.
Lithuania’s soldiers are seen during a celebration of Lithuanian Independence Day in Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 11, 2018. The country was marking the 28th anniversary of its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
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A stint teaching university students in Lithuania leaves a longtime economics professor optimistic about the future of Eastern Europe as it continues its transition to a free-market economy.
Careful now.
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A round of ominous war games might not be cover for military action, but it could raise tensions to an explosive level.