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Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
Russian Bear with Balalaika Playing Battle Hymns for the Baltics: The Russian Compatriot Policy in the Baltics
The compatriot concept is what Russia created and transformed into the compatriot policy in the 1990s. Russia has benefitted from the compatriots abroad as an efficient tool for Russian foreign policy making. Russia has invested in soft power instruments like state organizations since 2003 to influence the Russians and Russian...
