Lithuania’s president warns of growing ‘Russian chauvinism’
Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region unnerved Russia’s neighbors from Kazakhstan in the south to the Baltic states in the
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Author: James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief
Latvia wary of Russian moves
Latvia is 1,000 kilometers north of the separatist war in southern Ukraine. But what Latvia and Ukraine shares is a
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US reassures Baltics against Russian threat
At a new NATO-standard airbase in Estonia, four F-16s train over the Baltic Sea, sometimes coming within 100 meters of
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Sanctions threat weighs on Russian oil industry
Russia’s economy runs on oil and gas, but with Russia’s economy on the edge of recession, a new threat has
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Russia arms Ukraine secessionists, again
When Crimea broke away from Ukraine, after the uprising in Kyiv that ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, Russia denied sending soldiers
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Russia, Ukraine, former natural gas trading partners, now trade insults
Russia and Ukraine, once brotherly nations, are fighting over natural gas deliveries and military aid. Russia has stopped buying potatoes
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Russia, Nato spar over military forces in Central Europe
With Russia pulling most of its roughly 40,000 troops away from its border with Ukraine, NATO and Russia have started
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Putin kicks off Eurasian Union, without Ukraine
Moscow increasingly speaks of Russia’s “sphere of influence.” And, on Thursday, President Vladimir Putin took a major step in securing
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Right-wing surge in European elections threatens Ukraine’s Western path
In Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday, pro-European candidates swept the balloting. But in Europe that day, voters flocked to parties
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