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Facing a wave of smuggled contraband weather balloons launched from Belarus, Lithuania declared a nationwide state of emergency on December 9, 2025. Interior Minister Vladislavas Kondratovičius was appointed to head government operations aimed at …
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On social media, a statement by Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is being circulated, claiming that Americans are recruiting local residents in …
On 9 December 2025, Vladimir Antonov, former head of Lithuanian Snoras bank and Latvian Krājbanka, was detained in Baden, France, where the Rennes Court of Appeal is now considering Lithuania’s extradition request. Antonov was convicted in …
Eleven years into Russia’s war, a Ukrainian university is forging ahead with an unexpected academic pursuit: launching a Russian Studies program to study the country that had imposed itself on Ukraine.
“Our goal is to study Russia from different …
