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Russians in the Baltic states is a broadly defined subgroup of the Russian diaspora who self-identify as ethnic Russians, or are citizens of Russia, and live in one of the three independent countries — Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — primarily the consequences of the USSR's forced population transfers during occupation.
The Russian capital was invested in trade through the Baltic countries, including Latvia. ... considered that the conversion of Russians to nationalism was a natural ...
The term Baltic countries (or lands, or states) was, until the early 20th century, used in the context of countries neighbouring the Baltic Sea: Sweden and Denmark, sometimes also the German Empire and the Russian Empire. With the advent of Foreningen Norden (the Nordic Associations), the term Baltic countries was no longer used for Sweden and ...
Like the Belarus and Moldova documents, Russia’s plans for the Baltic countries are broken up into three chapters: political, military, military-technical and security-related objectives; trade ...
"Because of the openly hostile line of Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn, all interstate, interdepartmental, regional and sectoral ties with Russia have been severed," Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of ...
Russian is still available to take in some schools in Lithuania, but is not mandatory like during the Soviet period. They have options to take German, French, Spanish, etc. [citation needed] In contrast to the other two Baltic states, Lithuania has a relatively small Russian-speaking minority (5.0% as of 2008). [68]
Russia is the leading nation in rhythmic gymnastics; and Russian synchronized swimming is considered to be the world's best. [201] Figure skating is another popular sport in Russia, especially pair skating and ice dancing. [202] Russia has produced a number of famous tennis players, [203] such as Maria Sharapova and Daniil Medvedev.
The electricity grid operators of the three Baltic countries on Tuesday officially notified Russia and Belarus that they will exit a 2001 agreement that has kept Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ...