Kristaps Andrejsons

Kristaps Andrejsons is a journalist in Latvia and the creator of The Eastern Border podcast on the USSR and modern Eastern European politics. He is also a PhD candidate in communications science.

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Russian soldiers train at a military camp.

Russia’s Military Cruelty Begins With Its Own Conscripts
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Igor Girkin sits inside a glass defendant’s cage during a hearing to consider a request on his pretrial arrest in Moscow.

Putin’s Paranoia Has Turned on Russia’s Far Right
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The new Latvian president, Edgars Rinkevics, looks at the camera while sitting at a desk at a press conference. Rinkevics is a middle-aged man wearing a gray suit, blue tie, and glasses. His hands are clasped on the table in front of him.

Latvia’s New President Wants a Clean Break With the Soviet Past
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Prisoners of a men's penal colony, wearing black clothing and black winter hats, line up in columns in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Russia’s Convict-Soldiers Have Their Own Brutal Rules
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech.

Putin’s Speech Laid Out a Dark Vision of Russian History
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A man lights a candle in an Orthodox Christian church in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24.

Russia and Ukraine Are Trapped in Medieval Myths
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Soldiers take part in the NATO military exercise "Winter Shield" in Latvia.

Baltic Citizens Worry They’re Next on Russia’s Menu
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