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4 days ago · Milosz Cordes. Kaliningrad Oblast, created as a symbol of Soviet victory in the Second World War, has always been under Moscow’s watchful eye. It grew to become a showcase of Russia’s new foreign and domestic policies after Vladimir Putin came back to the presidential seat in 2012. As a consequence, its dependency from the federal centre ...
1 day ago · Estonia has been dominated by foreign powers through much of its history. In 1940 it was forcibly incorporated into the U.S.S.R. as one of its constituent republics. Estonia remained a Soviet republic until 1991, when, along with the other Baltic states, it declared its independence. The Soviet Union recognized independence for Estonia and the ...
2 days ago · Noresund, Norway. Europe, second smallest of the world’s continents, composed of the westward-projecting peninsulas of Eurasia (the great landmass that it shares with Asia) and occupying nearly one-fifteenth of the world’s total land area. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south ...
1 day ago · Russia,[b]or the Russian Federation,[c]is a country spanning Eastern Europeand North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zonesand sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d]It is the world's ninth-most populous countryand Europe's most populous country. Russia is a highly urbanized country ...
3 days ago · 27.06.2022 00:00Reading time 2 minutes. Russia's General Staff and Ministry of Defence have, according to our sources, begun to explore various possible iterations of a secure corridor to Kaliningrad via Belarus, in the event of a lasting blockade of the Baltic Sea region enclosed by the European Union (EU). An intervention could be implemented ...
1 day ago · Later historical records of the Romani reaching southeastern Europe are from the 14th century: in 1322, after leaving Ireland on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Irish Franciscan friar Symon Semeonis encountered a migrant group of Romani outside the town of Candia (modern Heraklion), in Crete, calling them "the descendants of Cain"; his account is the earliest surviving description by a western ...
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2 days ago · The deployment of Kalibr missiles and the considerable military capacity accumulated in this area underline the importance of maintaining a strategic balance in Europe. The international community, especially NATO countries, must continue to closely monitor activities in Kaliningrad to ensure security and stability in the region.
