While the government calls on businesses to “self-cleanse”, Latvia’s export to Russia has shrunk just a little bit after the two years of war. Re:Baltica names the largest exporters for the first time.
information on the assets of sanctioned Russian billionaires, servants and propagandists in Europe, USA, and elsewhere after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In few weeks, we found over 150 properties - villas, flats, yachts, private planes - worth over 17.5 billions US dollars. The Usmanov, Tokarev and Mazepin families own property in Latvia, but some of them won't be touched until the sanctions are extended to the family members of Putin's inner circle.
Skype logs and other documents obtained by Re:Baltica, Postimees and Buzzfeed offer a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the Kremlin’s propaganda machine.
Compared to Soviet propaganda, which targeted ideological supporters of socialism and communism, Putin’s propaganda machine targets individuals who hold different – often conflicting – worldviews.
With one hand, Kremlin strangles non-governmental organizations in Russia. With another, it generously supports the defenders of its interests in the Baltics.
In 2007, President Vladimir Putin established the Russkiy Mir foundation. Designed to promote Russian culture abroad, the foundation prides itself on being open. But Re:Baltica found consistent lack of transparency in the foundation’s activities in the Baltic states of Latvia,…