Authors – CEEPS researchers: Armands Astukevičs, Mārcis Balodis Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent quote about Latvia’s ugly attitude towards its Russian-speaking population gained wide resonance in social media, and some social media users treated it almost as a war threat. This is a moment of truth when we can look back at the rhetoric of Russian […]

Friday, December 15, at 2.00 PM, the opening event of political scientist Andis Kudors’ book ‘Russia  and Latvia: A Case of Sharp Power’, organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University  of Latvia in cooperation with Centre for East European Policy Studies (APPC).  The book ‘Russia and Latvia: A Case of Sharp Power’ […]

Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin (Source: Press Service of the President of the Republic of Belarus) Text PDF: Deportations of Ukrainian children Authors: Juris Jurāns, Armands Astukevičs In a significant development that gained widespread attention in March of this year, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the […]