Russia and NATO are locked in a military stand-off that could lead to a 'Cold War-style confrontation'

Edit Business Insider 05 Jul 2016
Two local sources familiar with the military set-up in the region said the watchtower was part of a chain of security to protect a military compound near Svetlyi that stored the arsenal of Russia's Baltic Fleet, headquartered at the nearby port of Baltiysk ... However, two local sources, one with direct knowledge of the Baltiysk naval base, said that ......

The Baltics' tangled geography that has both sides feeling surrounded

Edit Stars and Stripes 05 Jul 2016
JUODKRANTE, Lithuania — The accusation crackled through Lithuanian politics like a lightning bolt ... Here in the Baltics, a region mostly encircled by Russia and its allies, many fear they could do little to stop a Kremlin invasion ... "It's becoming a threat ... The U.S ... Some of those who work on the sea in Baltiysk, Kaliningrad's main naval port, take a calm view of NATO, even if they see no immediate end to troop buildups ...  .  . ....

Russia's Ivan Gren Landing Ship Arrives in Baltic Sea Port for Testing

Edit Sputnik 20 Jun 2016
The Ivan Gren landing ship has arrived in the Russian port of Baltiysk for testing before it goes into service with the Russian navy later this year, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported ... ....

Russian Admiral Grigorovich Frigate to Sail to Permanent Base in Sevastopol

Edit Sputnik 06 May 2016
Russia’s Admiral Grigorovich Project 11356 frigate will leave the Baltic Fleet base in the western seaport town of Baltiysk to sail to its permanent Black Sea base in Sevastopol, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement Friday ... ....

Russian Defense Minister Inspects Reconstruction of Largest Naval Base

Edit Sputnik 28 Mar 2016
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, on Monday, checked on the progress being made on the reconstruction of the country's largest naval base on the Baltic Sea, located in the western town of Baltiysk ... ....

Russia's Superpower Play: Putin Bets Big on Aggressive Syria Policy

Edit Spiegel Online 13 Oct 2015
The US and Europe have long opted to stay largely on the sidelines in Syria. But now Russia has begun carrying out airstrikes in the country in support of autocrat Bashar Assad. The move is likely to have far-reaching consequences. By SPIEGEL Staff. Last Wednesday, Vladimir Putin once again slipped into a role he seems to relish ... Meanwhile, the Vasily Tatishchev reconnaissance ship set sail from Baltiysk, a town in the Kaliningrad Oblast....

On state register of microfinance organisations (Central Bank of Russia)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Sep 2015
(Source. Central Bank of Russia). On 21 September 2015, the Bank of Russia took the following decisions.. to include information on the following entities in the state register of microfinance organisations.. MICROFINANCE ORGANISATION BERKAT-2015, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (the city of Grozny), ... Microfinance organisation REFINANCE KLD, limited liability company (the town of Baltiysk, the Kaliningrad Region), ... distributed by ... (noodl....

Failure of US policy in Syria prompted talks with Russia: American foreign policy analyst

Edit Press TV 19 Sep 2015
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu spoke by telephone on Friday, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said ... The United States and Russia broke off direct military contacts in April 2014 over a dispute over the crisis in Ukraine.Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) attend celebrations for Navy Day in Baltiysk in the Kaliningrad region on July 26, 2015 ... 16, 2015 ... ....

Russia sees Arctic as naval priority in new doctrine

Edit BBC News 27 Jul 2015
27 July 2015. From the section Europe. President Putin watched a naval show at Baltiysk on the Baltic. Russia will strengthen its naval forces in the Arctic and Atlantic as a response to Nato activities close to Russia's borders, the Kremlin says ... The ceremony took place at Baltiysk, a major naval base in Kaliningrad, a Russian territory sandwiched between Nato members Poland and Lithuania. Russian warships at Baltiysk ... ....

President Putin attends ceremony at Baltic Sea base

Edit CNTV 27 Jul 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin has attended a ceremony at the Baltic Sea base of Baltiysk, to mark the country's annual Navy Day ... ....

People power, Russia style: Small-town lessons about Russian democracy

Edit Yahoo Daily News 24 Jul 2015
"What happened in Baltiysk was more the exception than the rule, and you'd be mistaken to view it through your Western prism of party politics," says Solomon Ginzberg, an opposition member of Kaliningrad's regional legislature ... "The local amber operators live in the Baltiysk area, they know the place and the people, and in a variety of ways they take the local population's interests and needs into account....

Small-town lessons about Russian democracy

Edit The Christian Science Monitor 24 Jul 2015
Residents of Baltiysk rejected an entire slate of ......
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