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Russian Mig-31, May 29, 2013

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Jan 14, 2015

Russian Troops Stationed Near Finnish Border as Putin Begins Move on Arctic

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Damien Sharkov, Newsweek</span>

A detachment of about 800 servicemen from Russia’s Northern Fleet has been stationed in the Russian town of Alakurtti, Murmansk region, just 50km from the Finnish border, part of a large-scale expansion of Russian military facilities in the country’s northwest

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Swedish corvette HMS Visby

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Jan 12, 2015

Sweden Admits Second Secret Submarine Hunt

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Local (Sweden)</span>

Sweden launched a second, hitherto unreported, submarine hunt just two weeks after a suspected sighting in October made world news, Dagens Nyheter has revealed.

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NATO leaders at the Wales Summit, Sept. 4, 2014

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Jan 2, 2015

10 Most Popular NATO Stories of 2014

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Jorge Benitez, Director of NATOSource</span>

Happy New Year and welcome to 2015. Below are the ten most popular stories on our website in 2014.

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Jan 2, 2015

Lithuania Detains Alleged Russian Spy Ring at Major NATO Airbase

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Damien Sharkov, Newsweek</span>

Several members of an alleged Russian spy ring within the Lithuanian armed forces were detained by the national general prosecution on Wednesday in the Lithuanian city of Šiauliai, near NATO’s major Baltic air base

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Estonian soldier participating in Steadfast Jazz exercise, Nov. 2, 2013

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Dec 18, 2014

Are the Baltic Republics Serious About Defense?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato Institute</span>

All three Baltic governments are going to great lengths to highlight their alleged seriousness about defense, but the actual data fail to support the propaganda.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin visits anti-submarine ship Vice Admiral Kulakov, Sept. 23, 2014

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Dec 17, 2014

Putin Orders Snap Military Drills on NATO Border

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Damien Sharkov, Newsweek</span>

Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered snap military drills for Russian armed forces in the Baltic region to test Russia’s “battle-readiness”, a ministry of defence spokesperson told Russian news agency Interfax today.

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Dec. 1 2014

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Dec 15, 2014

NATO Says Russian Air Force Jets Posing Risk to Aviation in Baltic

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Reuters</span>

NATO accused Russia of posing a danger to civil aviation in the Baltic region after Stockholm protested over a Russian air force jet it said had flown too close to an airliner and had turned off one of its location instruments.

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Arctic Sea Ice

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Dec 15, 2014

Denmark Claims North Pole

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Jan M. Olsen, AP</span>

Scientific data shows Greenland’s continental shelf is connected to a ridge beneath the Arctic Ocean, giving Danes a claim to the North Pole and any potential energy resources beneath it, Denmark’s foreign minister said.

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Russian intelligence aircraft Ilyushin Il-20M

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Dec 15, 2014

Scandinavians Warn Russia After Air Near-Miss

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Richard Milne, Financial Times</span>

Russia’s ambassadors to Denmark and Sweden have been summoned to hear complaints that lives were endangered in a near-miss involving an airliner and a Russian military aircraft.

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Defense ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, Dec. 12, 2014

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Dec 12, 2014

Baltic and Polish Defense Ministers Agree on Joint Response to Deter Russia

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Latvian Ministry of Defense</span>

On 11–12 December the Baltic and Polish Defence Ministers at a meeting in in Cesis (Latvia) agreed on joint response to deter Russia in the region.

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