Russia has developed the capability to launch an attack on the Baltic states with as little as 24 hours' notice, limiting NATO's options to respond other than to have military forces already deployed in the region, Lithuania's intelligence service said on Monday.

• Date: 03.04.2017  |  Published on EGF: 03.04.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Russian high school student Roman Shingarkin had some explaining to do when he got home after becoming one of the faces of anti-Kremlin protests at the weekend. His father is a former member of parliament who supports President Vladimir Putin.

• Date: 29.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 29.03.2017  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Reuters on Tuesday that Russia could use Iranian military bases to launch air strikes against militants in Syria on a "case by case basis."

• Date: 28.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 28.03.2017  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com

France must curb its reliance on Russian and Ukrainian firms for its military support fleet to move troops and hardware to war zones, a parliamentary report on Tuesday showed.

• Date: 28.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 28.03.2017  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Russia has the European Union in a bind.

The bloc is divided between eastern European and Baltic Sea countries that see a new pipeline carrying Russian gas across the Baltic making the EU a hostage to Moscow - and those in northern Europe, most especially the main beneficiary Germany, for whom the economic benefits take priority.

• Date: 25.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 25.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Russia, Iran and Turkey need to convene more Syrian ceasefire talks as soon as possible to bring the situation on the ground under control, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Friday.

• Date: 25.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 24.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Ukraine accused Russia of "state terrorism" after a former Russian lawmaker and key witness in a treason case against former leader Viktor Yanukovich was shot dead in broad daylight outside a hotel in central Kiev on Thursday.

• Date: 23.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 23.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Ukraine suspects the Russian military or its separatist rebel proxies were responsible for blowing up a warehouse storing tank ammunition at an eastern military base early on Thursday morning, Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak said.

• Date: 23.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 22.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com