Brüder, Nachbarn, Feinde? Russland und das Baltikum

Overview

The inhabitants of the Baltic region are worried about the war in Ukraine. Is the fighting leading to a split in their societies? How do Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians and Russians live together in the current situation? Lutz Pehnert travels from Narva, the north-easternmost city in Europe on the border with Russia, via Latvia to Lithuania and talks to very different people. "Will we be next after Ukraine? Many people in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania are currently asking themselves this question. For 40 years, the Baltic countries were involuntarily part of the Soviet Union's family of nations. Since their independence in the early 1990s, they have been the unloved western neighbors of Russia and Belarus.

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