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Testing NATO’s Edge: Russian Hybrid Threats and Societal Resistance in the Baltics

The Security Council of the Russian Federation, in an official statement, accused Lithuania of creating a center of tension near the borders of the Kaliningrad Oblast. In particular, Lithuanian authorities are criticized for allegedly ignoring…

April 24, 2026Lithuania, Russia

Intelligence ops National Security

Russia is testing NATO air defense system in Central Europe, Baltic region, and the Balkans

After Russia invaded Ukraine, there have been some disturbing aircraft flights over Central and Eastern Europe. Last week in Lithuania a mystery aircraft took off from Lithuania and illegally entered the airspace…

June 13, 2022Air-defense, Bulgaria, GRU, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania, Russia

Intelligence ops migration

Migration crisis in Lithuania as well-organized joint op by Russian, Belarusian intelligence

Russia and Belarus have set up an illegal migration channel to European countries through the Baltic States. There is a possibility that among the migrants trafficked are figures affiliated with…

July 13, 2021Belarus, GRU, Lithuania

Democracy migration

Minsk effort to trigger migration crisis in the Baltics, to make for soft power shift in Belarus

Political turmoil in Belarus brought the Syrian emigration scenario to Lithuanian border. Despite the political unrest in Belarus, illegal migrants, eager to get across to Lithuania, mostly come from Asia…

June 11, 2021Belarus, Lithuania, Lukashenko

Geopolitics

Lithuania and Russia: Is Conflict Inevitable Between These Once and Future Empires?

This is the second in a series of three essays exploring the current strained relationship between Russia and the Baltic nations The relationship between Lithuania and Russia goes back hundreds…

June 5, 2020David DeBatto, Lithuania

Lithuania

Testing NATO’s Edge: Russian Hybrid Threats and Societal Resistance in the Baltics

Russia is testing NATO air defense system in Central Europe, Baltic region, and the Balkans

Migration crisis in Lithuania as well-organized joint op by Russian, Belarusian intelligence

Minsk effort to trigger migration crisis in the Baltics, to make for soft power shift in Belarus

Lithuania and Russia: Is Conflict Inevitable Between These Once and Future Empires?

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