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Photographer – Anastasia Berezina

On January 22, 2026, a Roundtable was held at “Russia Today” International Media Group Press Center within the framework of which the report "Baltic Region: Trends and Risks in Socio-Economic Development and International Security" was presented. It was prepared under the participation of IMEMO in the “Baltic Platform” initiative.

The report examines the main trends in the economic and socio-political development of the Baltic countries, the dynamics of the international situation in the Baltic region, and regional security risks. The study focuses on Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, their domestic and foreign policy priorities, their ideological and political development, their relations with each other, with other countries of the region and outside the region, and their participation in interstate integration associations (EU and NATO).

Participants:

• Feodor VOITOLOVSKY, Director of IMEMO;
• Sergey KISLITSYN, Deputy Director for Scientific Work, Head of the Center for Strategic Planning Studies of IMEMO;
• Anna CHETVERIKOVA, Head of the Center for European Studies of IMEMO;
• Pavel GUDEV, Head of the Group for US and Canadian Ocean Policy Studies of the Center for North American Studies of IMEMO;
• Ilya KRAMNIK, Research Fellow of the Center for Strategic Planning Studies of IMEMO;
• Dmitry OFITSEROV-BELSKY, Head of the Baltic Sea Region Integrated Research Group of the Center for Strategic Planning Studies of IMEMO;
• Maria PAVLOVA, Senior Researcher of the Baltic Sea Region Integrated Research Group of the Center for Strategic Planning Studies of IMEMO;
• Valentina KULAKOVSKAYA, Research Fellow of the Baltic Sea Region Integrated Research Group of the Center for Strategic Planning Studies of IMEMO.