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Residents in Baltics increasingly concerned over conflict with Russia

•  2015-06-12
 
•  From wire reports and TBT staff, VILNIUS

According to US-based research firm Nielsen Media Research, in comparison to the first quarter of 2014, the first quarter of 2015 has seen a substantial increase in the number of residents in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania who are worried about potential conflict with the Russi...

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