Baltic Countries
Russian Diplomat: Recognition of Soviet occupation of Baltic States ‘inevitable'
April 22, 2010By Paul Goble Vyacheslav Tuchnin, the minister counselor at the Russian Embassy in Tallinn, has told local ethnic Russians that “the recognition by Russia of the occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union is inevitable” and that they...
Stalin Planned to Annex Parts of Iran, Turkey and China
August 31, 2009By Paul Goble Stalin viewed the secret protocols of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact which allowed Moscow to seize the Baltic countries, Bessarabia, and part of Poland as “a model” for the subsequent annexation of portions of Iran, Turkey and...
Russia Needs Honest Discussion of Molotov-Ribbentrop
August 20, 2009By Paul Goble Russia Needs Honest Discussion of Molotov-Ribbentrop Lest It Repeat Mistakes behind It, Moscow Analyst Says Unlike France or Britain where few people today are prepared to defend their countries’ 1938 Munich Accord with Hitler...