News about Eastern Europe such as Russia, Ukraine, Romania and the Baltic Nations, including archived articles on Tsarizm.
Russia is not happy about the U.S. and NATO decision to rotate American armored brigades into Eastern Europe on a permanent basis as a response to preceived Russian aggression against the Baltics and former Soviet nations. “We are not passive observers, we consistently take all the military measures we consider…
TASS NATO recently reaffirmed its commitment to defend the Baltic states and other Eastern European countries that were once under the influece, or part of, the Soviet Union. However, a recently released report by the RAND corporation states that with current force structure, NATO forces in the region would be…
On January 2nd of last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing foreigners to enlist in the Russian military. After several years of service and the completion of your contract, you can gain Russian citizenship. The Moscow Times reports, According to the Defense Ministry’s official guidelines for foreign…