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Estonia, as well as other Baltic countries, Nordic countries, and European Union, expressed outrage over Russia's detention of Kohver and demanded his release. [37] In August 2015, after a sham trial in a Russian court in the Pskov region , the Russians sentenced Kohver to 15 years on espionage charges; Estonia and the EU denounced Kohver's ...
The Baltic Sea Region, alternatively the Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states, refers to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea, including parts of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. [1] [2] [3] Unlike the "Baltic states", the Baltic region includes all countries that border the sea.
The Baltic states [a] or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, Council of Europe, and the OECD.
Territorial changes of the Baltic states refers to the redrawing of borders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia after 1940. The three republics, formerly autonomous regions within the former Russian Empire and before that of former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and as provinces of the Swedish Empire, gained independence in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Yahoo News has obtained confidential strategy documents drawn up by the Kremlin that reveal Russia’s ambitious plans to exert its influence in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
A group of former Soviet Eastern European countries cooperating with the EU: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. European Political Community; An intergovernmental forum for political and strategic discussions about the future of Europe, with participants from 47 European countries. OECD Europe countries
Russian border guards have removed navigation buoys from the Estonian side of a river separating the two countries, the Baltic nation said on Thursday, adding that it would seek an explanation as ...
MOSCOW/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -A Russian defence ministry proposal to revise Russia's maritime border in the eastern Baltic Sea created confusion and concern on Wednesday in NATO members Finland ...