International security/ Who needs for the Europe’s  back of beyond

The Baltic states are becoming increasingly unnerved by the growing number of Russian military drills close to their borders, Damien Sharkov of Newsweek reports,

Since the start of the Ukrainian crisis, Russia has been staging military drills close to the Baltic regions at an increasingly common pace. 

Martin Hurt, the deputy director of Estonia's International Centre for Defense and Security, believes that the increased frequency of the drills is meant to lull Europe into a false sense of security as the exercises become increasingly normal. 

Military expert: Russian snap military drills could turn into assaults on Baltic capitals