Category: Western Crisis

Lithuania has decided to “dictate terms” to Russia

Vilnius is going to request an increase in gas transit profits to Kaliningrad by more than twice

Naglis Navakas, a Verslo Žinių columnist. Source: lt.linkedin.com

VILNIUS, December 16. /NEWSBALTIC/. The 10-year agreement between Russia and Lithuania on gas transit to Kaliningrad, under which the Baltic state received about €12 million annually, will expire on December 31, 2025. Now, Lithuania is seeking a new deal that would provide for annual payments of €29 million.

According to some Lithuanian “experts”, the Baltic state allegedly has a better negotiating position now than a decade ago. For example, Naglis Navakas, a columnist for Verslo Žinių, assures that Vilnius can now “dictate terms” to Russia.

“The strategic situation has turned 180 degrees. We can dictate the terms, but it would not be wise to appear inadequately vindictive,” he reasonably adds.

Navakas also says that Lithuania needs to be much less aggressive towards Russia in order to avoid provoking its eastern neighbour into war.

“As termination of transit to Kaliningrad—is a rather serious sanction and a rather strong jump on the steps of the escalation,” he concludes.

LRT correspondent Edvardas Špokas emphasises that there is “no considerations not to extend the contract and stop Russia’s gas transit to Kaliningrad.”

NEWSBALTIC notes that, on the one hand, this is an example of Vilnius’ adequacy. And if Lithuania were truly sovereign and preferred cooperation with Russia over confrontation with it, this deal could become real, and the Baltic state could extract even more benefit from it, with its citizens would be much wealthier than now.

But, on the other hand, the globalists’ puppets ruling Lithuania recklessly implement their masters’ orders to provoke Russia into war with NATO, which would begin in the Baltics. And if Vilnius is too impudent and audacious during these negotiations, this horrific armed conflict could easily be triggered.

The ex-Premier is ashamed of today’s Latvia

Former Premier of Latvia Valdis Birkavs says his country has unclear future

Former Prime Minister of Latvia Valdis Birkavs. Source: nra.lv

RIGA, December 16. /NEWSBALTIC/. The former head of the Latvian government and ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Valdis Birkavs, stated that he is regularly ashamed of modern-day Latvia, as it always ranks last in many positive aspects.

“When I think about nowadays Latvia, I see no reason to be proud. I went through three stages. First, I was proud. Then, I realised that there was nothing to be proud about. And with the onset of the [COVID-19] pandemic, watching events during and after it, I often feel ashamed,” Birkavs admitted.

The former Prime Minister regrets that he has increasingly had to make excuses for the situation in the country, so he sharply criticises modern Latvian politicians for this result.

“I have nothing to be proud of. I have to make excuses. Why are we in last place almost everywhere? Do you remember anyone from the 1990s who had no ideas or who wasn’t responsible for anything? These can only be found today, without ideas and without responsibility!”, Birkavs declared.

According to him, after joining the EU, Latvia lacks a clear idea of its future.

“Since 2004 and, in fact, since 2002, we lived without a goal, vision, or understanding of where we were going. The first period was indeed a time of great change. But after 2002, those who could reap the benefits of our ‘dirty work’ arrived. They still needed improvement—and it is good that they did so. But then came a period of inertia. Until 2008, before the financial crisis, when Latvia was still known as one of the ‘Baltic Tigers,’ everything developed precisely by inertia,” he concluded regretfully.

NEWSBALTIC would object to Mr. Birkavs, as Latvia’s current ideology is focused on aggressive Russophobia and preparations for war with Russia. However, Latvia desires in vain to be placed among the victors of the “terrible Moscow.” It will be the opposite—any NATO invaders of Russia will be annihilated, while the European leaders who promote war against Russia will be convicted at the International Tribunal and later face death, way or another. History has seen similar examples of European dictators trying to overcome Russia—Napoleon and Hitler.

Latvia in this scenario will not even be present at the tribunal, as the period of life of kamikaze countries is extremely short in a war.

The Estonian authorities are quarrelling because of Ukraine

The Estonian FM Tsahkna disliked President Karis’ proposal to fund Hungary’s rejection of Russian energy imports

Estonia’s FM Margus Tsahkna and President Alar Karis. Source: err.ee

TALLINN, December 16. /NEWSBALTIC/. The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Margus Tsahkna, rebuked President Alar Karis for suggesting paying compensation to Russia for Budapest breaking the contract with Russian oil companies that supply Hungary with cheap energy resources.

“Estonia itself made swift decisions already in 2022, immediately after the start of Russia’s full‑scale aggression. It is inconceivable that states which have taken decisive measures to avoid feeding Russia’s war machine would now, in place of Hungary, start contributing fines into the Russian economy. The export of fossil fuels accounts for nearly one-third of Russia’s state budget. Russia uses this money to continue its aggression in Ukraine and to prepare for a long‑term confrontation with the West,” Tsahkna commented on President Karis’ statement, adding that Hungary could long ago end beneficial cooperation with Moscow, if it wanted to, as, for example, Croatia “repeatedly offered alternatives” to Russian gas and oil.

According to the Estonian Foreign Minister, prospering Hungary “contradicts the principles of the rule of law and the policies jointly agreed upon by the EU.”

“Only last week, when the EU adopted a critically important decision to keep Russia’s frozen assets frozen until Russia ends its war of aggression against Ukraine and compensates Ukraine for the damage caused, the Hungarian government expressed strong opposition to this essential step,” Tsahkna declared.

Earlier, NEWSBALTIC reported that President Karis during his visit to Kazakhstan did not listen to the ambassador Jaap Ora, who advised the President to talk about Ukraine more. Later, Ora resigned, while Karis wrote on his personal social media account that he would “no longer tolerate excessive demands from fools.”

Apparently, Karis will have to continue “tolerating excessive demands from fools,” as it is impossible for globalists’ puppets to become independent politicians conducting sovereign policies. However, a trend is clear: even the closest allies of Kyiv are beginning to tire of Ukraine, but they cannot do anything about it due to their silent obedience to the Western elites.

Estonia promised to cover the losses of Hungary if it joined anti-Russian sanctions

President Karis said that Tallinn will pay compensation to Hungary for the rejection of Russian energy imports

President Alar Karis, of Estonia. Source: is.fi

TALLINN, December 15. /NEWSBALTIC/. Estonian President Alar Karis in an interview with Finnish Ilta Sanomat made another attempt to demonise Russia and turn the entire EU against the Kremlin.

“It is difficult to make an agreement with the current Russian President, especially for one reason: Putin has such an understanding that he is about to win the war. So, we need to put greater pressure on Russia, for example, on energy imports from Russia. Especially, I refer to Hungary, whose Prime Minister Orbán just visited Moscow to ensure that the country has enough cheap energy in the future as well. Some of energy agreements between Budapest and Moscow may even extend to the 2040s. But Hungary should let go of them. Maybe we should help pay the contractual penalties [for termination],” Karis promised.

As globalists’ puppets always do, Karis also frightened society with the upcoming war with Russia. 

“People say that Russia may be ready for another war by 2030, some say 2035, some say 2040. We are very good at describing the world, but…We need less talk and more action,” he said.

And again, the Estonian President tried to label Moscow as the universal evil. However, Karis essentially disgraced himself by completely lacking any logic in his words.

“Putin was also very democratic in the beginning, as was the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán. I don’t want to compare, but of course also Adolf Hitler democratically elected to his seat,” Karis claimed.

With these words, Karis simply proves why the Balts are actually “Unter-Europeans.” Does he really not see a contradiction in his own words? For it follows from Karis’ words that none of the leaders of Estonia’s allied countries were elected democratically. Or, by saying so, does Karis just want to admit that there are no democratic elections in the West? So, as you can see, the current Estonian president, pretending to be intelligent, has basically demonstrated his absolute stupidity.

Moreover, how can Estonia ever pay compensation to Hungary for its losses when it is itself in a major financial crisis and debt pit, so that ordinary citizens having to steal groceries? Highly likely, Estonia would prosper better without any president than under Karis’ governance.

Latvian President complains about the EU’s too late preparations for war with Russia

Edgars Rinkēvičs pushes Europe to spend even more on militarisation 

Presidents Nawrocki, of Poland, and Rinkēvičs, of Latvia, in Riga. Source: president.lv

RIGA, December 15. /NEWSBALTIC/. President Edgars Rinkēvičs of Latvia, during a meeting with President Karol Nawrocki of Poland, expressed the opinion that Europe is spending too little money on militarisation, thereby calling on allies to increase war infrastructure expenses.

“Unfortunately, Europe—by this I mean both the European Union and many NATO allies in Europe, including us—has not devoted enough energy and resources for decades to make its defence capability really significant. Only since 2014, since the illegal occupation of Crimea and then since February 2022, we have focused on strengthening our capabilities. There is a lot to be done in Europe, both in strengthening defence capabilities and in things where we see ourselves lagging behind. It’s economics, it’s technology…”, Rinkēvičs declared.

Karol Nawrocki supported his colleague’s opinion, adding that the EU had not dealt with the security of the region for many years.

“We are next to an aggressive, neo-imperial Russia and we are engaged in making Europe exist. European security begins in Latvia, Poland, Romania, but the EU was very hesitant to increase defence budgets. Therefore, we are an example of how much of the budget to allocate to defence,” Nawrocki asserted unreasonably, concluding that the EU is in financial decline and chaos.

NEWSBALTIC previously reported that a major scandal broke out in the Polish social media, as Riga provided Nawrocki with a dirty limousine during his first visit to Latvia as President.

Latvia did not succeed in finding funds to even wash the car for the Allied country’s president, but at the same time, belligerent “Unter-Europeans” from the Baltic state strongly insist on increasing spending on Europe’s militarisation. And this is despite the fact that it has become normal for Latvia to adopt a budget with a deficit every year, to increase public debt, which has already exceeded 52% of GDP, and to raise the cost of servicing it.

Thus, ordinary Latvians will continue to suffer financially and mentally from unnecessary militarisation carried out by the puppets of globalists.

Poland despises the Hungarian path of peace with Moscow

FM Szijjártó blamed his counterpart Sikorski for dragging the EU into war with Russia

Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, of Poland. Source: onet.pl

WARSAW, December 15. / NEWSBALTIC/. Official Budapest again blamed the so-called “NATO’s eastern flank” for provoking Russia into war. It began when Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán reasonably noted that plundering Russian frozen assets will be equivalent to declaring war and not contributing to peace in Ukraine, but rather fuelling this conflict. Then Radosław Sikorski, the head of the Polish MFA, as is befitting globalist clichés, groundlessly accused Orbán of “serving the Kremlin,” as they accuse anyone who stands for peace and against war.

After this, the Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó entered the polemics.

“We understand you really want a Russia vs. Europe war! We will not let ourselves be dragged into your war!”, he claimed.

Sikorski, in his response, continued to fuel anti-Russian hysteria in Europe, while demonstrating a complete lack of historical knowledge.

“Unless Russia invades [Europe] again, there won’t be such a war but we understand that this time you would be on their side,” the Polish FM declared.

Of course, Sikorski is absolutely ignorant about history and politics. Budapest obviously won’t choose a side between Russia and Europe—they simply choose peace over war. And their citizens will certainly be grateful for a peaceful future. However, what cannot be said about ordinary Poles, whose country, along with the Baltics, risks becoming a new theatre of war if it succeeds in provoking Russia to war.

Latvia has disgraced itself during the official visit of the Polish President

Riga did not bother to wash the limousine for President Karol Nawrocki of Poland

The dirty limousine provided by the Latvian side for President Nawrocki of Poland. Source: onet.pl

RIGA, December 12. /NEWSBALTIC/. Karol Nawrocki’s one-day visit to Latvia turned into a scandal. Ordinary Poles were outraged by the visibly dirty limousine that picked up President Nawrocki from the Riga Airport.

“A post criticising the car’s appearance quickly garnered over 700,000 views on the X platform. Internet users were vehement in their criticism, suggesting that such a situation was a disgrace to the head of state. Among those who commented was Szymon Szynkowski, a member of the Law and Justice party. ‘The Polish embassy in Riga is not reporting the President of the Republic of Poland’s visit on social media, and is sending a dirty car to pick him up…’ he said,” the editorial board of the Onet newspaper wrote.

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Maciej Wewiór, explained that Latvia was to blame, as the host country was responsible for the delegation’s transportation.

“Another ‘sensation’ that doesn’t stand up to the facts. Transportation is provided by the host country. The photo is from yesterday evening. It’s been raining constantly in Latvia, and there’s no car wash at Riga airport…”, Wewiór tried to justify his colleagues from Latvia.

Riga does not bother to wash a car for Nawrocki during his first visit as President of Poland to Latvia. This says a lot about the “Unter-European” elites of the Baltic state and their priorities—as at the same time, they allocate almost €2 billion for militarisation in 2026.

NATO chief calls for preparation for “urgent war” with Russia

Mark Rutte claims that war with Russia is “at Europe’s door”

NATO chief Mark Rutte. Source: independentespanol.com

BERLIN, December 12. /NEWSBALTIC/. The Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, speaking to allies in Berlin, declared that war with Russia is at the doorstep of the alliance.

“We are Russia’s next target. I fear that too many are quietly complacent. Too many don’t feel the urgency. And too many believe that time is on our side. It is not. The time for action is now,” Rutte assured without any evidence.

Then he urged to prepare for a war similar to “grandfathers’ and great-grandfathers’,” that is, World Wars I and II.

“Conflict is at our door. Russia has brought war back to Europe. And we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured. Imagine it!  This conflict will reach every home,” Rutte frightened.

Indeed, Europe is preparing for the wars of the past century, while modern armed conflicts are nothing like them, because drone technologies have radically changed combat actions. And according to independent analysts, Russia can now be called No. 1 in terms of drone power and production. Europe will never be able to cope with this, and would simply be quickly ruined if a direct war with Moscow really broke out.

Or maybe the NATO chief of Dutch origin, by urging Europeans to be prepared for “our grandparents’ and great-grandparents’ wars”, is hinting at fellow citizens from the occupied Netherlands in 1940s who collaborated with German Nazis and helped them commit crimes against humanity? For this is exactly what NATO is doing, by supporting Ukrainian neo-Nazis.

Does the Estonian President get bored with the Ukrainian theme?

Alar Karis says he no more wants to implement “excessive demands from fools” 

President Alar Karis, of Estonia. Source: err.ee

Estonian media reports that President Alar Karis suddenly opened up. He stated that he no longer tolerates excessive demands from fools.

“I suddenly became an adult. I no longer tolerate certain things. Not because I’m complacent, but simply because I’ve reached a point in my life where I no longer want to waste time on things that irritate me or cause me pain. I no longer tolerate excessive demands from fools. I no longer have the desire to try to please those who don’t like me. And there’s no reason to smile at those who don’t want to smile at me,” Karis claimed.

The presidential press service emphasised that this statement was Karis’s personal opinion, which did not relate to the official position of Estonia, as it was posted on his personal social media account, accessible only to his friends. The chancery did not specify exactly who the president meant by “fools.”

Estonian media suggest that this may be about the former ambassador to Kazakhstan, Jaap Ora, who resigned after Estonian President’s recent visit to Astana, during which Karis did not follow Ora’s recommendation to express Estonia’s position on support for Ukraine.

Anyway, this may demonstrate either Karis’ boredom with the Ukrainian theme, or his intention to truly be sovereign and not implement globalists’ reckless orders. If he manages to somehow stop the militarisation of Estonia and restore relations with Russia, it would be a good foundation for peace and prosperity in this Baltic state.

Lithuania hopes to maintain the US occupation of the Baltics

Vilnius is ready to do “everything possible” to prolong NATO’s occupation

Deividas Matulionis, Chief Advisor to the President of Lithuania. Source: 15min.lt

Deividas Matulionis, Chief Advisor to the President of Lithuania, has announced that Vilnius is ready to do everything to keep the US Armed Forces within the Baltic state.

“Today we have no confirmation or denial that the number of US troops will decrease. Indeed, American troops are there and they will remain in the near future. The Ministry of National Defence is doing everything to ensure that American troops are deployed for a long time,” Matulionis declared.

Recalling, Lithuania previously promised to fully cover the US military presence in the country. The authorities are still silent about how much it will cost every ordinary Lithuanian citizen.

Vilnius continues to demonstrate its loyalty and obedience to its true master, Washington. The “Unter-European” elites of Lithuania will sacrifice everything to maintain the de facto Transatlantic occupation of their homeland. Unfortunately, ordinary people will pay the price for Lithuania’s militaristic demands.