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Russian president Vladimir Putin is attempting to control and intimidate neighbouring countries and Europe through military, financial and energy means

by: Erica Mills

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BBC News: Baltic States Shiver as Russia Flexes Muscles

"The West talks so much about the impending threat of attack by Russia on the Baltics. We're afraid this will just make it more likely that Putin will do something!"

22-year-law graduate Lukas Borusevicius and his friend Laurynas Juozapaitas came to meet me in a pub in Vilnius to discuss relations with Russia and Lithuania's sudden re-introduction of military conscription.

The violence in Ukraine and fear of regional spillover have come as quite a shock here. The 25 years since breaking away from the Soviet Union have been relatively peaceful. Until now.

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