Sunday, August 18, 2024

The Baltic States in Putin's shadow


The Baltic states regained independence more than 30 years ago. Now, Russia has them looking over their shoulder, again. Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has left many people wondering whether Russia will set its power-hungry sights on the Baltic states, once more. "There’s only one enemy and that’s Russia," says Estonian national Ain TΓ€histe, summing up his views on the issue in a sentence: "Latvia, Finland, Sweden - and on the Baltic Sea Poland, Germany, Denmark," he continues, "they’re all friends, but not the Russian neighbor.” "It’s naΓ―ve to think Russia’s far away," he adds.

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