Eastern Europe
Russia warns of response to U.S. anti-missile sites in eastern Europe
November 24, 2011Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia will aim missiles at U.S. anti-missile sites in eastern Europe if the United States does not heed Russian concerns about its missile defense plans. Mr. Medvedev said in a televised statement Wednesday that...
U.S. democracy advocate says Moldova 'wasted two decades'
February 08, 2011The head of a U.S. organization promoting democracy in Eastern Europe says Moldova has wasted two decades in terms of democratic reforms and European integration, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Bruce Jackson, head of the Washington-based Project...
Helsinki final act’s commitment to stability of borders helped destroy Soviet bloc
August 04, 2010By Paul Goble Yesterday marked the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act, an agreement that many analysts have suggested represented “a fatal triumph” for Moscow because its requirement for respecting human rights...
Interview: Garry Kasparov talks about Putin's endgame
March 11, 2010Former world chess champion and current Kremlin gadfly Garry Kasparov sat down recently with RFE/RL Azerbaijani Service correspondent Ibragim Bayamduroglu to talk about the Russian political landscape. In a wide-ranging interview, Kasparov interprets...
Kaliningraders want to live like Poles or Lithuanians
March 04, 2010By Paul Goble The residents of Kaliningrad are protesting because they would like to live as well as their neighbors in Poland and Lithuania, a motivation many in Moscow find it difficult to fathom because many Russians view Eastern Europe as poor...
The gathering storm: Russia's expertise in arms dealing
February 25, 2010By Rick Santorum Last week I spoke at CPAC about Iran as the principal sponsor of terrorism around the world. As my recent op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer explains, once armed with atomic capabilities, the regime could turn the world order upside...
French-Russian warship deal making waves among NATO allies
February 10, 2010By Ahto Lobjakas The French daily "Le Monde" broke the news on February 9: Paris had "agreed in principle" to negotiate the sale of one or more "Mistral"-class ships to Russia. If the sale goes through, it will be the...
Viktor Yanukovich: Importance of GUAM has been lost
February 04, 2010Viktor Yanukovich, one of the two contenders to the presidential seat in Ukraine, told the press yesterday that GUAM, a regional organization made up of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova, "has lost its importance in a sense." Mr. Yanukovich...
Top EU official draws line between enlargement, neighborhood policies
January 13, 2010By Ahto Lobjakas The first Eastern European to be trusted with a significant foreign-policy role in the European Union went through his confirmation hearing today and stuck closely to the established political consensus within the bloc on future expansion...
World leaders line up to mark fall of Berlin Wall
November 09, 2009World leaders past and present have joined thousands of Germans in Berlin today to celebrate one of the watershed events in the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe 20 years ago -- the fall of the Berlin Wall. On November 9, 1989, crowds of jubilant...