Canada won’t allow Russian athletes to participate in a major hockey tournament that begins next month in Alberta, Prime Minister Mark Carney said, rejecting the decision of a sports tribunal.

NATO’s top military commander, General Alexus Grynkewich, said the US continues to supply Ukraine with Patriot air-defense missiles and weapon packages paid for by European allies.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has only one ally now and that’s Europe, the Latvian prime minister said, referring to Kyiv’s spiraling tensions with the US.

Leonid Ragozin, a Russian journalist with a Latvian residency permit, said the Baltic country has declared him persona non grata following a controversy over a series of comments about the war in Ukraine.

Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said voters gave him a mandate to carry out broad economic changes, cut spending and rebuild trust in the political system.

Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs’ party won a record number of seats in Latvia’s parliamentary elections, an outcome that should help him consolidate power at a time of growing security threats from Russia.

Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs’s party was on course to win the largest share of votes in an election on Saturday amid growing security threats from Russia, putting him in a strong position ahead of coalition talks to form the next government.

The party of recently-appointed Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs has dominated the race in a Baltic nation with the biggest Russian minority

Latvia’s security services said they detained a couple on suspicion of working for Russia to collect information about the Baltic country’s defenses.

The European Union agreed to remove sanctions on two Russian billionaires following pressure from France and Luxembourg, making the concession in order to preserve other penalties before they expire.

Baltic officials said that a new rotation of US troops is on its way to Lithuania and Estonia, ending three months of speculation about whether Washington would commit troops to the countries on NATO’s eastern flank.

The European Union’s Russia sanctions are at risk of expiring after countries deadlocked over a push to exempt two billionaires in exchange for extending other penalties linked to Moscow’s war effort.

Russia will increase its acts of sabotage against European NATO members in a bid to deter support to Ukraine, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze said.

The European Central Bank can’t let elevated gains in consumer prices persist, according to Governing Council member Martins Kazaks.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow on Tuesday was likely aimed at easing geopolitical tensions after the region has been rattled by an uptick in acts of sabotage, according to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda.

Russia is expanding its campaign of hybrid attacks against countries that supply weapons and money to Kyiv and has caught Europe without a plan to respond.

The European Central Bank is well placed if further action is needed to return inflation to target from its current “somewhat uncomfortable” level, according to Governing Council member Martins Kazaks.

Russia’s hybrid war in Europe has already begun, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics said, following warnings of Moscow’s attempts to intimidate nations supporting Ukraine.

Air Baltic Corp has outlined a plan to turn around the ailing business by cutting costs and swapping much of its existing bond for equity.

Latvia will deploy drones, helicopters and more personnel to its eastern flank to stem the flow of migrants attempting to cross the border from Belarus and Russia.