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Lithuania Monthly: Suspected embezzlement of millions
During this reporting period, a significant financial scandal dominated the Lithuanian media space. On 2nd February 2024, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office requested the arrest of a former partner of the BaltCap Infrastructure Fund in Vilnius. Šarūnas Stepukonis was suspected of having misappropriated €27 million from the fund. This revelation has triggered a complicated blame game and raised questions about oversight and potential connections between this case and the gambling industry.
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Latvia Monthly: Former Commander warning of russian threat
About an Article published by la.lv, a leading nationalistic voice in the Latvian political X (Twitter) community, she published a tweet implying that Russia poses a realistic threat to Latvia and that if this threat materializes, NATO and Article 5 will demonstrably fail.
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Estonia Monthly: Future of Estonia
In this article that Jana Toom wrote on Estonian Independence Day which was posted on https://yanatoom.ee/in-press-i.php?lang=ru&id=10688 she highlights things that she wishes would change in the future about Estonia. These things include things such as mentioning that she hopes that a group of people in Estonia will no longer be demonized by the majority and that everyone could be seen as equal despite their nationality. She also states things she wishes would be changed about the government and the economics of Estonia, while putting blame on the government and politicians, stating that they are the cause of economic problems.
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Lithuania Weekly: heating atmosphere regarding Presidential elections
During this reporting week, the focus was on the upcoming Presidential elections and other domestic issues. Kremlin-aligned actors emphasised the recent findings that there were some cyber security violations while collecting signatures to ensure presidential candidacies online. The main target immediately became Ingrida Šimonytė, the current Prime Minister, who collected the necessary number of signatures at record speed. As she represents the ruling government, these cyber security issues overlapped with general anti-government sentiments. Moreover, recent massive financial scandals still often appears as an argument against the government. Some maligned actors didn’t hesitate to picture local LGBT movements vastly negatively, using a harsh lexicon.
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