Russia will not leave the passing of a "Magnitsky list" by Estonia without a response, Foreign Ministry says. Also "measures will be taken regarding Latvia, which has also joined the 'provocative anti-Russian line'".
Russia has banned Estonian politicians who are "Russophobically inclined".
1 month agoBill Browder:up is @EerikNKross Estonian MP is testifying at Danish Magnitsky hearings. "With the EU failing to adopt Magnitsky Act after 3 calls from EU Parliament, individual EU states have started acting on their own. That's what we've done in Estonia"
1 month ago@jensstoltenberg says DefMins will "boost readiness" by approving a plan to have a follow-on force of 30 land battalions/30 air squadrons/30 naval combattants that could be in place within 30 days if needed
In a historic 24-hour emergency preparedness exercise, Sweden calls up 22,000 home guards soldiers.
1 month agoSaber Strike officially kicked off yesterday. U.S. forces will be conducting various exercises with NATO Allies and partners in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to further improve Allied interoperability
NATO launches massive saber strike maneuvers in Poland and Baltic States
1 month agoPatriot batteries deployed from Germany to Poland it will "demonstrate the alliance's determination and ability to act as one in response to any aggression."
Rally in Riga in support of Russian language in schools
Tiny US ally Latvia has come into focus as a potential weak link in enforcing financial sanctions against Russia and North Korea
1 month agoBaltic: NATO E3A AWACS ops Latvia
During the period 03–15 JUNE 2018 a military exercise THUNDER STORM 2018, SABER STRIKE 2018 and BALTOPS 2018 will take place in the Republic of Lithuania. The intensive military air activity (jet, fixed-wing rotor airplanes and UAVs) will take place within Vilnius FIR/UIR.
"Baltops 2018" begins in Klaipeda: 60 aircraft, 42 ships, 1 submarine and approx. 5,000 personnel from 22 countries. The 46th iteration of BALTOPS
1 month agoRomania and Lithuania were complicit in CIA torture, European court rules
Romania and Lithuania knowingly hosted secret CIA jails, European court rules
1 month agoUSAF UAV RQ4B Global Hawk - carrying out comprehensive surveillance mission over Baltic states and border areas 1114z
Lawyer shot dead in Latvia, police see hand of organized crime
Two people injured in shooting in central Uppsala, near Stockholm
Latvia is investigating whether its banks acted as conduits for Russian funds
1 month agoLeading up SaberStrike next week, members of units like the 18th Military Police Brigade ?? have begun training in order to prepare for what will be the largest U.S.- led @NATO training exercise of the year.
1 month agoTu214 PU-SBUS - new pre-delivery Airborne Command Post - test flight out of factory at Kazan -over Baltic probably en-route to Kaliningrad 1037z
Kremlin: permanent U.S. military presence in Poland would harm European security
1 month agoRussian Ministry of Defense: specialists of Russian Western Military District NBC Protection Troops held drill during "chemical poisoning of environment"
1 month agoRussian Ministry of Internal Affairs IL76MD from Chkalovsky en route to Kaliningrad 1949z K3R22629 RF86925
1 month ago'If Sweden is attacked by another country, we will never give up': Swedes told to prepare for conflict in Cold War-style 20-page pamphlet.
2 month agoRussian Ministry of Internal Affairs IL76MD RF86925 Chkalovsky- Kaliningrad, travelled through Gulf of Finland and south over Baltic Sea. Using callsign K3R22629 1055z
2 month agoRussian Navy Tu154M RF85856 flew from Crimea to St Petersburg and has departed St Petersburg westbound into Gulf of Finland probably en-route through Baltic to Kaliningrad. 1246z
2 month agoRuAF An-124 RA-82035 Moscow (CKL) - Kaliningrad.
2 month agoEstonian district adopts cannabis flag after online poll
2 month agoHeading out over the Gulf of Finland - Russian Air Force An124 RF82032
