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Russian-speakers in Latvia told to pick sides in test of patriotism
Born and raised in Latvia, he has spent more than ... was arrested after waving a Russian flag and giving a speech in front of Riga's huge Soviet war memorial on 10 May. He was attending an ...
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Russian Embassy says Latvia joined USSR legitimately
The streets were decorated by Latvian flags, this was a holiday ... his Twitter that the "elections" "took place in the occupied Soviet Latvia in violation of the Constitution." ...
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Russia removes Polish flag from Soviet massacre memorial
The Russian and the Polish flags were flying at the Katyn memorial, erected in memory of the 25,000 Poles, mostly army officers deemed anti-communist, massacred by the Soviet Union's political ...
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From child refugee to president: Latvia's Vaira Vike-Freiberga
The Baltic state was invaded by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during ... Red Army - marched back into Latvia. "I was impressed by the ones with the red flags and the fists.
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The Baltic Monument Wars: Obelisk Down
Good riddance to it. Whatever it was known as, the monument was, in reality, a celebration of the brutal Soviet occupation of Latvia and, a daily insult to countless Latvians. After Latvia ...
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Hundreds march with Nazi SS veterans in Latvia
A handful of veterans, flanked by hundreds of supporters waving Latvian flags, gathered around Freedom ... who collaborated with Germany against the Soviet Union. Several protesters from the ...
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Latvia’s legislature passes bill that opens way to knock down monuments to Soviet soldiers
He said that concerns the monument to Soviet Army soldiers that liberated Soviet Latvia and Riga from Nazi ... Dmitry Peskov said US plotting false-flag operation so it can go to war with Iran ...
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Demolishing a Distorted Past
Not far enough from the center of the Latvian capital, Riga, there’s an archetypal example of this genre: overbearing, grandiloquent, and brutal. It dates from the later years of the Soviet ...
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Soviet victory flags are appearing in Russian-occupied Ukraine, report says, as intel says Russia wants a big win before its May 9 'Victory Day'
Soviet World War II victory flags are appearing in Russian-occupied Ukrainian towns, CNN reported, as Western intelligence says Russia likely wants to secure major progress in its invasion ahead ...
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Soviet Tests
The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, known in the West as Joe-1, on Aug. 29, 1949, at Semipalatinsk Test Site, in Kazakhstan. The Soviets called their first atomic test "First Lightning." ...
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Why Estonia is fast-becoming a Baltic LGBTQ+ hotspot – complete with marriage equality
When I first told people that I would be travelling to Estonia, the responses it elicited shocked me. While excited for me, ...