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The ongoing build-out of the Baltic defense line is the next iteration in their beefed-up border security. Opinion - The Baltics are preparing for a future Russian invasion Skip to main content
The Baltic Defence Line was announced on 19 January 2024, in a joint-meeting between the Ministers of Defence of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania in Riga. [3] The Baltic Defence Line is to begin construction in Estonia in 2025, [1] [4] construction is to begin in Lithuania by the end of summer 2024, [5] and construction began in Latvia on 2 May ...
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.
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 ...
The border goes mostly along the national, administrative and ethnic boundaries that have gradually formed since the 13th century. The exact location of the border was a subject of Estonian–Russian dispute that was resolved with the signing of the Border Agreement, but neither Russia nor Estonia have completed its ratification yet. [1]
The Nord Stream pipeline project began in 1997, when Gazprom and Finnish oil company Neste [a] formed the joint company North Transgas Oy for the construction and operation of a gas pipeline from Russia to northern Germany across the Baltic Sea. [11] [12] [13] North Transgas Oy cooperated with the German gas company Ruhrgas.
The Baltic states have decided to split the project into two phases. The first, costing €15bn, will have a single instead of double track laid by 2030 and focus on the most important train stops.
Despite the defences, Russia was able to cross the border and conduct fast paced mechanized advances in border areas. [3] In September 2022, after a counteroffensive by Ukrainian troops reached the border with Russia, Vsevolod Kozhemiako, commander of the Charter volunteer unit, published a photo of the damaged structures of the project. [58]