Baltic states

Latvia has declared its intention to forcibly deport over 1,200 Russian citizens who have reportedly failed to formalize their legal status in the Baltic country. This decision, announced via the national radio of Latvia and reported by TASS, comes as a consequence of these individuals not having applied for any form of residence permit in the country by November 30.

"Freezing" the war in Ukraine is unacceptable, as it will become fertile ground for future conflicts. This was stated at a joint press conference in Tallinn by the leaders of Germany and the Baltic countries.

Today he had a series of meetings with numerous leaders.

Russian forces emphasize that they are finishing the "liberation of Svyatogorsk and neighboring territories" in the Donetsk region.
On the other hand, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk are "dead cities".

Prime Minister of Lithuania, Ingrida imonytė, commented on the latest threat from Dmitry Medvedev, who said that the Baltics could no longer be talked about without nuclear weapons in the event that Sweden and Finland really join NATO, which is increasingly likely.

The head of Latvia's natural gas storage operator has said the Baltic states were no longer importing Russian natural gas.    

"If there were still any doubts about whether there may be any trust in deliveries from Russia, current events clearly show us that there is no more trust," said Uldis Bariss, CEO of Conexus Baltic Grid on April 2.    

Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has accused Germany and France of being in close relations with Russia.

"For years, the German government has not wanted to notice what Russia is doing under Putin, and today we are seeing the result," he was quoted as saying in an interview with the German newspaper Welt.

The Baltic countries stressed the need for a more cautious approach to this issue.
"It was a very comprehensive and not very easy debate," the German chancellor told reporters after the first day of talks in Brussels, Reuters reports.

For the first time in its history, Estonia received the status of a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, BTA quoted DPA as saying.

The small Baltic country will maintain this position until the end of 2021.

It is 15 years since the EU took in eight new European nations all formerly occupied by the Red Army and in effect colonies of the former Soviet imperium. Of all the enlargements of the European Community, now Union, since the first one in 1973 to take in Britain, Denmark and Ireland, the transformation of the eight central and east European states is without historical precedent.