Latvian Political Monitor

From@APildegovics

Pleased to activate practical cooperation with the Cherkasy region in central Ukraine. The regional head @ihortaburetc positively assessed the joint projects with 🇱🇻 in strengthening resilience, in the fields of economy and education with Valmiera municipality and @VidzAugstskola 🇱🇻🤝🇺🇦 https://t.co/0VqaSb38Jn

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From@WarMonitor3

20 Finnish law makers have reported suspicious break-in attempts on their homes with intruders leaving deliberate signs of entry such as leaving faeces in toilets; sources believe this is a Russian intelligence tactic to signal they are watching them — Telegraph What…

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From@Nevzlin

Estonia is preparing for a direct attack by Russia, changing its military doctrine — and these are very interesting changes. Along with a sharp increase in military spending to 5.4% of GDP, Tallinn has also decided to change the nature of the weapons it purchases. In particular, the country has signed contracts for HIMARS systems, including missiles with a range of up to 300 kilometers, and similar South Korean systems. Estonian military planners have rethought a possible war. Previously they assumed that in the event of a Russian invasion, Estonian forces would quickly mobilize and wage a nearly partisan defense, exhausting Russian troops and inflicting heavy losses on them until the main NATO forces arrived. However, the experience of the war in Ukraine and the understanding that the alliance may not withstand the test of strength forced a change in this approach. Russia does not count losses. Now Tallinn is moving to a doctrine that precludes losing any territory at all: Estonia intends to fight for every piece of land right at the border and, from the very first day of an invasion, deliver powerful strikes against Russia hundreds of kilometers deep into its territory. Estonian military intelligence fears a limited Russian operation against some border object — above all Narva. Its capture would not make much sense if the goal were a full-scale invasion, but it could be used as a provocation to split NATO. And whether the alliance will pass this test is a big question. In Tallinn they understand the situation absolutely correctly and are preparing seriously. There is only one caveat. A senior Estonian intelligence official told journalists that the critically important period in which the Baltic countries need to solve their defense problem is the next one to four years. This may be too optimistic an assessment.

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From@Rigas_pils

On October 6, the President of Latvia @edgarsrinkevics met with representatives of the party alliance @Jauna_Vienotiba at Riga Castle. More information: 🔗https://t.co/Jwz5xjoifJ 📷https://t.co/YVyL0tGLYf 📹https://t.co/ODfITICcug https://t.co/g3F7xUFdF3

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From@Kalniete

🇪🇺 Together with colleagues from Lithuania, Sweden and Germany, we have prepared an EP deputies' letter to the EU's leading institutions, calling for unified and coordinated action by EU member states to end the operation of “Russian Houses” in Europe. ✅️https://t.co/h1oTM5shBT https://t.co/kCZ4ZmviWF

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