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Russia Returns to the Baltic

Russia’s influence once again looms over the Baltic countries, and their position within the European Union and NATO is not mitigating the threat, argues International Herald Tribune journalist Adam Ellick. New Russian investments in media and infrastructure, coercive use of strategic energy sources, and instigation of militancy among Russian minorities have rendered Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania vulnerable to Russia’s growing power in the region. Meanwhile, silence from Western Europe and the United States contributes to a sense of abandonment, as complex historical circumstances prompt the Balts to fear Russian interference.

International Herald Tribune, November 11, 2007