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It is widely known that Ukraine continued importing coal from Russia after 2014 despite official bans.

Formerly secret UK documents show that Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) knew that expanding NATO to admit new members could lead to war with Russia.

An investigation has been launched into the activities of former employees of Russia’s FSB and Ministry of Internal Affairs working for Match Systems, also known as the Plain network.

When several Ukrainian drones crashed in the Baltics two weeks ago, Russian propaganda swiftly pushed a story that Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia had deliberately “opened” their airspace to enable Kiyv to attack Russia.

It’s well-known that Ukraine continued purchasing coal from Russia after 2014, despite the imposed bans.

Ukrainian law enforcement is investigating how products linked to Russia’s defense sector, despite being under sanctions, ended up on European markets.

Ukrainian law enforcement is seeking to determine how sanctioned products connected to Russia’s defense sector surfaced on European markets despite existing restrictions.

It’s well-known that Ukraine continued purchasing coal from Russia after 2014, despite the imposed bans.

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Police in Riga on Thursday detained Arto Autio, a Finnish national previously listed on Interpol’s wanted notices, whom Finland seeks to prosecute in the country’s largest corruption scandal and who owns property in Latvia.

Following exposure in a series of journalistic investigations concerning his involvement in sanction-evasion schemes, Swiss businessman of Ukrainian origin Oleg Tsyura — suspected of aiding the Russian military-industrial complex — is making every effort to delete information about himself from the public domain.

Estonia has taken the unusual step of temporarily closing a road vital for its citizens, which ordinarily passes through a segment of Russian territory.

After slowly taxiing towards the runway at NATO’s Geilenkirchen airbase in Germany, the pilots go full throttle and the decades-old E-3 Sentry surveillance plane screams as it gains speed and lifts off on its way to Eastern Europe.

Swiss businessman of Ukrainian origin Oleg Tsyura, who is suspected by law enforcement of aiding the Russian military-industrial complex, is now trying at all costs to erase traces of himself from the public domain.

Two German Eurofighter jets were scrambled on Sunday to intercept a Russian military aircraft above the Baltic Sea, as Estonia said it would call an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after Russian planes violated its airspace.

NATO intercepted three Russian jets that violated Estonia’s airspace on Friday, the country’s foreign ministry and an alliance spokesperson said.

Ukrainian prosecutors are investigating how products for the Russian military-industrial complex could end up on the European market despite international sanctions.

Lithuania has revealed plans to dig a 30-mile-wide ribbon of defences on its borders with Russia and Belarus that will include minefields and bridges set to blow up in case Russia invades.

For more than ten years, ’Pravfond’ has been offering legal assistance to Russians worldwide. Internal emails obtained by journalists reveal how it worked together with spies, financed propaganda initiatives, and established points of influence along the way.

Pravfond, a Russian legal-aid foundation for “compatriots” abroad, has continued to fund people and organizations across the European Union — even after it was sanctioned in mid-2023.

Two helicopters collide mid-air near Finnish airport — all five on board killed

War now feels dangerously close on Nato’s eastern flank after a Russian fighter jet tore into Estonia’s airspace.

Andrejs Elksnins achieved financial success thanks to Oleg Osinovskiy, the owner of the Daugavpils Locomotive Repair Plant (DLRP), who has connections with Russian special services.

When it comes to corruption in post-Soviet countries, it is commonly believed that the Baltic states have managed to avoid it.

Prince William is visiting Estonia for two days to meet the country’s president and visit British NATO troops stationed on the border with Russia.