Twice in the past several weeks, Russian intrusions put the Baltics on high alert. On June 1, several Russian soldiers, traveling from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad without transit permits, were stopped in Lithuania (Apollo.lv, June 2). A week later, two Goryn-class tugboats – the MB-119 and MB-35 – of the Russian navy were spotted … Continue reading Baltic region holds multiple NATO exercises in anticipation of Russia’s Zapad 2017 drills