South Ossetia
Uncategorized

Lithuania censures elections in South Ossetia

Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry on Monday said it did not recognize the elections held in the South Ossetia region, censuring the Russian efforts to consolidate the annexation of the Georgian region. […]

Laurynas Kasčiūnas
CORPORATE

Open letter to Jarosław Kaczyński

I have always been among a right winger politician in Lithuania who supported and support the party you founded with your late brother Lech in 2001 Law and Justice. […]

Photo by Christopher Herwig
Culture

Octopi and spaceships: Creative freedom in Soviet bus stops

A Canadian photographer has spent 14 years travelling across what used to be the Soviet Union and taking pictures of bus stops which he says are fascinating and under-appreciated moments of creative flight. […]

Vladimir Putin
Foreign affairs

The real reasons behind Russia’s recent restraint – and how long it is likely to last

With the NATO summit in Warsaw coming up in July, the rhetoric in many Western quarters is becoming shriller about the need to contain Russian aggression. […]