Ethnic Russians are somewhere between one-fifth and one-quarter of the population. And yet, after Estonian independence in 1991, they were not given citizenship, even if they were born there.

Echoing the political posturing he used before invading Ukraine, President Putin is showing an ominous concern for the plight of Russian speakers living in the three Baltic nations. Although the ...

This past weekend during a visit to Finland, Russian President Vladimir Putin drew a comparison between the situation of ethnic Albanians in Macedonia and that of ethnic Russians in the Baltics.

The Baltic nation of Latvia has proposed legislation to taper Russian influence within its borders, where it's estimated that 40 percent of the population are Russians who call it home. Current ...

Ethnic Russians in Latvia in 1989, just a couple of years before the Soviet collapse, formed was 34 percent of the population, in Estonia –30 percent and 9.4 percent in Lithuania.

Ethnic Cleansing In The Baltics Farther north, there are a little over 1 million ethnic Russians in the three Baltic States. Although the region was part of the Russian Empire, ...

Putin accused them of ethnic discrimination, Halonen said it was no longer a problem. 2.8.2005 16:21 • Updated 29.10.2008 4:40 Tuesday's otherwise harmonious press conference ended on a note of ...

The Baltic states are the only three of the 14 ex-Soviet republics who have been admitted to NATO, ... including many ethnic Latvians, Ukrainians and Belarussians, as well as Russians ...