Fading Russian Influence in the Baltic States

Since the beginning of Vladimir Putin's rule in Russia 20 years ago, Russia has lost much of the leverage that it previously enjoyed in the Baltics. On the one hand, Russia has antagonized Baltic states through its wars in Georgia and Ukraine, on the other hand, deep integration in the EU and N...

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Autor principal: Bergmane, Una
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Foreign Policy Research Institute 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7329289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32834129
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orbis.2020.05.009
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Sumario:Since the beginning of Vladimir Putin's rule in Russia 20 years ago, Russia has lost much of the leverage that it previously enjoyed in the Baltics. On the one hand, Russia has antagonized Baltic states through its wars in Georgia and Ukraine, on the other hand, deep integration in the EU and NATO has pulled the Baltic states from the Russian zone of influence. This article discusses the gradual decrease of Russia's influence in the Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania while considering the increased NATO presence in the region, Baltic energy security, and Baltic Russian-speaking communities.

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