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ICYMI: Ahead of Biden-Putin Summit, Shaheen Says Political Turmoil in Belarus is a “Wake-Up Call” for the West in USA Today Op-Ed | US Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire  Senator Jeanne Shaheen

Gen. Hodges: We Need Constant Surveillance over the Baltic Sea [INTERVIEW]  Defence24.com

Estonian PM: Baltic states can be confident of US security guarantees  Baltic Times

NATO Reaffirms Strength of Alliance, Calls Out Russia, China  Voice of America

Biden, unlike predecessors, has maintained Putin skepticism  The Associated Press

COVID-19 infections are increasing in Northwest Russia | The Independent Barents Observer  The Independent Barents Observer

Assad regime, Russian attacks target civilians in Syria's Idlib | Daily Sabah  Daily Sabah

Nord Stream 2: The Pipeline Dividing Germany and the U.S.  Bloomberg

Ukraine ready to take action against Gazprom over central Asian gas  Financial Times

The Reset of US-EU Relations and the Baltic States  Foreign Policy Research Institute

Nord Stream 2 Readies First Line for Natural Gas, But Start-Up Still in the Offing  Natural Gas Intelligence

Merkel set for U.S. visit to iron out Nord Stream 2 dispute – media report  Clean Energy Wire

New report details Bellona's first 20 years in Russia  Bellona

Syria: Russian Veto Would Shut Down Last Aid Lifeline  Human Rights Watch

Commissioning work to fill first Nord Stream 2 gas string to begin June 11: operator  S&P Global

EC ready to help in Baltic Pipe stalemate  The First News

Distinct spike protein mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variant in Russia  News-Medical.Net

Protecting Fragile Marine Ecosystems  The FINANCIAL

Denmark suspends Baltic gas pipeline, in setback for Poland  The Associated Press

New Baltic Pipe permit could take 8 months – Danish agency  Montel