The last illicit liquor store of a small hamlet in the Latvian seaside just went out of business. What does it tell about the place, and perhaps the Latvian countryside in general? Alexander Krasnitsky, editor-in-chief of LSM's Russian-language service, gives an answer in a piece relating the recent history of the village he lives in.
Alex Krasnitsky, Editor-in-Chief of LSM's Russian-language service, wonders whether past performance is any guarantee of future returns for NATO's famous Article 5 as for any other insurance policy.
Alex Krasnitsky, editor of LSM's Russian-language news portal, has a modest but innovative proposal to solve two tricky problems at once - and turn a profit at the same time.
