How The Estonian Student Resistance Built an Estonian NATO Base in 1982
byEstonia’s student resistance movement built a British NATO base in Estonia in 1982. And, of course, they wrote a song about it. This week,…
Occupation
Terror, Pain and Impunity: The Legacy of Nazi and Soviet Occupation of The Baltic States
byAn interview with The Jews in Latvia Museum Director, Ilja Lenskis Eighty years ago this month, as the world’s attention was focused on Nazi…
Belarusians Still Denied Freedom 80 Years After Molotov-Ribbentrop
byRemarks by Andrei Sannikov delvered at the September 12, 2019, Toronto, Black Ribbon Day Confernece It’s a great privilege to be here tonight, thank…
Sofi Oksanen: Your Silence Will Not Protect You
byDuring my years at school, maps hung on our classroom walls on which the Finnish borders were clear, as were those of the Soviet…
Annexations Real and Imaginary
bySeventy-five years ago today, Acting US Secretary of State Sumner Wells declared that the United States would not recognize as legitimate the forcible annexation…
Kremlin Investigating Legitimacy of Baltic Independence
byThe Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has started an investigation into the legitimacy of the independence of the Baltic states after a request was submitted…
United Russia Deputies Question Baltic Independence
byRussia’s Rain TV reports that Deputies from Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party, have sent a letter to Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika, asking his…