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The Power Vertical is a blog and podcast for Russia wonks and Kremlin watchers by Brian Whitmore. It covers emerging and developing trends in Russian politics, shining a spotlight on the high-stakes power struggles, machinations, and clashing interests that shape Kremlin policy today.

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Former SACEUR, Adm. James Stavridis, Nov. 14, 2014

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Dec 12, 2014

Former Commander Urges NATO to Send Arms to Ukraine

By Julian Borger, Guardian

A former commander of Nato in Europe has called for the alliance to send arms and military advisers to Ukraine to help it fight Moscow-backed separatists.

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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 Latvian Ministry of Defense

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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Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Brian P. McKeon

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Dec 11, 2014

Pentagon Planning Military Counter to Russia’s Treaty-Prohibited Cruise Missiles

By Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr., DoD News

Russian violation of an arms control agreement poses a threat to U.S. and its allies’ security interests, leading the Joint Staff to conduct a military assessment of its threat, a senior defense official said here today.

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New Atlanticist

Dec 11, 2014

Isolated from the West, President Putin Visits India

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s Bharath Gopalaswamy: ‘Russia is keen to demonstrate that it has friends in other parts of the world’ The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on December 11 sought to re-energize a relationship between two nations which had its peak during the Cold War.

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Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak with members of the Warsaw Armored Brigade, Oct. 10, 2014

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Dec 11, 2014

Polish Defense Minister Concerned About ‘Unprecedented’ Level of Russian Military Activity This Week

By BBC

Poland says the level of Russian naval and air force activity in the Baltic Sea region has been “unprecedented” this week.

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Russian Su-34s intercepted by NATO F-16s, Dec. 8, 2014

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Dec 11, 2014

Video: Dutch F-16s Intercept Russian Su-34 Jets Over Baltic Sea

By Latvian Public Broadcasting

The Dutch Ministry of Defense on Wednesday released footage taken on Monday by its F-16 planes participating in the NATO Air Policing Mission over Baltic skies, showing Russian Sukhoi SU-34 fighter-bombers flying in formation over the Baltic Sea.

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Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft, July 18, 2009

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Dec 9, 2014

Britain Forced to Ask NATO to Help Track ‘Russian Submarine’ in Scottish Waters

By Ben Farmer, Telegraph

Britain called in Nato sea patrol planes to hunt for a suspected Russian submarine off Scotland last month, after the Government scrapped its own similar aircraft in defence cuts, it has been disclosed.

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Russian Akula class submarine, June 3, 2008

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Dec 9, 2014

Russia Targets US Navy and Allies

By David Larter, Navy Times

Russia’s military has taken on an aggressive swagger. Highly provocative run-ins are now common with neighbors and NATO nations alike.

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Northern Fleet personnel establishing military base on the island of Kotelny, Oct. 30, 2014

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Dec 9, 2014

Russia Establishes New Arctic Military Command

By TASS and Moscow Times

From TASS:  A new Joint Strategic Command, dubbed North, on Monday [December 1] became operational in the Russian Arctic on the basis of the Northern Fleet.

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Lithuanian soldiers participating in Iron Wolf 2002 miltiary exercise

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Dec 9, 2014

Lithuania Puts Military Units on Alert Due to Russian Activities in Kaliningrad

By Lithuania Tribune

“Since the end of the last week, since Saturday, we have observed a rise in the activity of the Russian Federation’s forces in the Kaliningrad region as well as in the western part of the Russian Federation.

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