The vast parks and bicycle lanes of this city feel too Scandinavian to have ever been part of the Soviet Union. But it’s the language you often hear first in Riga’s restaurants and taxicabs – Russian – that reminds you this was indeed once part of Moscow’s empire. And that’s where the worries begin.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Flags of the US, NATO are hoisted in front of an aircraft of the US air force carrying US soldiers at the air force base near Siauliai Zuokniai, Lithuania, on April 26, 2014. US troops arrived in Lithuania, part of a US contingent of 600 sent to the region to reassure NATO allies amid the escalating Ukraine crisis. AFP PHOTO / PETRAS MALUKA
