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NATO Trials New Battlefield Laser Communications as Russian Jamming Intensifies
08 Dec 2025 21:22 GMT
… largest military exercise in Latvia, transmitting data during harsh … RF jamming originating from Russia and the Kaliningrad region … .
In recent months, Latvia and other European NATO … drone incursions coming from Russia, raising concerns about security …
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Seven EU States Urge Fast-Track Plan for Using Frozen Russian Assets
08 Dec 2025 19:08 GMT
… of Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden … loan for Ukraine.
The Russian Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, reiterated … in Western jurisdictions.
Moscow argued that such actions … .
The Ministry said Russia would continue cooperating with …
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EU Plans €210B Ukraine Loan Backed by Frozen Russian Assets
08 Dec 2025 17:44 GMT
… Ukraine funded by frozen Russian assets, according to internal … $216 billion) in frozen Russian assets held by Euroclear. … undermining the Russian autocrat’s ambitions, Moscow is also … Slovenia (€796M / $927M), Latvia (€449M / $523M), Estonia …
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US data shows Europe, not India, drove Russian oil revenues during Ukraine war
08 Dec 2025 14:53 GMT
… of crude oil from Moscow. However, newly released … Belgium, Spain, Lithuania, Slovakia, Latvia, Romania, the Czech Republic, … purchased significant quantities of Russian energy nor provided substantial … President Vladimir Putin’s war by increasing Russian oil …
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7 EU countries back use of frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine aid
08 Dec 2025 14:47 GMT
… using proceeds from frozen Russian assets to finance new … of Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden … Moscow-Kyiv war in 2022, both on moral grounds and because “Russia … attempt to use frozen Russian assets violates international law. …
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Seven EU leaders voice support for loan to Ukraine backed by Russian assets
08 Dec 2025 14:13 GMT
… of Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden … #39;s CEO and Russian intelligence services, and threatened … Approximately $300 billion in Russian central bank reserves were … immobilized after Russia invaded Ukraine in February …
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Latvia wants to save money and preserve existing track gauge; Estonian minister denies rumors
08 Dec 2025 13:34 GMT
… Skulte and Salaspils, which meets Russian standards. This would mean that … that railway enthusiasts somewhere in Latvia are thinking outside the … had no idea where the Latvian media had gotten such … construction work has begun in Latvia, but stressed that it …
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Lithuania considers suspending passenger routes to Russia, Belarus
08 Dec 2025 12:39 GMT
… suspend regular passenger routes to Russia and Belarus, the interior minister … issue will be discussed with Latvian and Polish counterparts during meetings … coordinated regionally, LRT news reported.
Latvia’s Transport Ministry is already …
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Baltic States to dismantle cross-border rail links to Russia and Belarus?
08 Dec 2025 11:52 GMT
… Russia and Belarus during a meeting in the Latvian capital Riga … given [...]
POLITICAL leaders in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia … Russia and Belarus during a meeting in the Latvian capital Riga … 2021; Latvia received goods worth $US 414m from Russia and …
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IMF issues warning over EU’s push to tap frozen Russian assets
08 Dec 2025 11:29 GMT
… . And we’re assured that [Russian] European policymakers appreciate these important … the Russian assets anyway.
The leaders of Poland, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia … , Lithuania and Ireland claimed using the Russian assets is …