3 Baltic states disconnect from the Soviet-era grid to merge with the European energy system
The flow of electricity between the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and Russia has been officially severed.
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Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Nearly 3 1/2 decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and ...
Russia to relaunch Soviet-era Eurovision Song Contest rival in Moscow under Putin’s orders
The revived contest, planned to take place in Moscow later this year, is Russia's way of directly challenging Eurovision ...
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Red Flag: State Department Report on Russian New START Treaty Compliance
State Department Report on Russian New START Treaty Compliance: A Preemptive Strike Against the Trump Administration On ...
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What to know about USAID, and why it’s a target for the Trump administration
Democrats say presidents lack the constitutional authority to eliminate USAID. But it’s not clear what would stop President ...
A red moon: Will the next 'Sputnik Moment' be made in China?
The next Sputnik Moment will take place against the backdrop of great power competition, as it did in the 1950s. This time, ...
Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country ...
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Lukashenko: ‘A hostage of the system that he himself created’
Within a year of assuming office, Lukashenko held a referendum that changed Belarus’s white-and-red flag to one closely resembling the old Soviet ... with Russia and in 1997 signed a Union ...
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Russian Oil Ships Hunt for New Flags to Hide From Sanctions
A chunk of Russia’s oil tanker fleet is being forced to change the flag they sail under as US and UK sanctions heap pressure on Moscow’s shipping network. The Barbados ship registry said that ...
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Russian Oil Ships Hunt for New Flags to Hide From Sanctions
(Bloomberg) -- A chunk of Russia’s oil tanker fleet is being forced to change the flag they sail under as US and UK sanctions ... late last year that aligned the country with US, European Union, UK ...
Foreign Affairs19d
The Cold War Putin Wants
Comparisons with his Soviet predecessors do not redound in Putin’s favor: the post-Stalinist Soviet Union was proud of Sputnik; Putin’s Russia is proud of Oreshnik, its latest hypersonic missile. A ...
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Russian Oil Ships Hunt for New Flags to Hide From Sanctions
(Bloomberg) -- A chunk of Russia’s oil tanker fleet is being forced to change the flag they sail under as US and UK sanctions ... late last year that aligned the country with US, European Union, UK ...