Latvia
Russia's new European security architecture: wrong blueprint
December 04, 2009By Daniel P. Fata and David J. Kramer On the eve of this week’s Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and NATO Ministerial meetings, in addition to a NATO-Russia Council gathering, Russian officials unveiled their long-awaited...
Russia signals support for Moldovan presidential candidate Lupu
November 30, 2009By Vladimir Socor On November 21-22 in St. Petersburg, the Moldovan governing alliance’s candidate for head of state, Marian Lupu, attended the congress of Russia’s party of power, United Russia, which is officially headed by Prime Minister...
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...
Historical Palliatives for the Phantom-Limb Syndrome
August 25, 2009By Louis O’Neill Gallons of ink have been arrayed and countless electrons rearranged with commentary over the 70th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and its secret protocols. Scholars, politicians, human-rights defenders, and historians...
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact And Slippery Slope Of Big Power Politics
August 23, 2009By Ahto Lobjakas On August 24, 1939, the British writer Evelyn Waugh wrote in his diary (I'm quoting from memory): "Russia and Germany have signed a cooperation pact. War now inevitable. Went for a stroll.'" Waugh here unwittingly offers...
Moldova still suffers from Nazi-Soviet Pact's pernicious results
August 22, 2009By Prof. Ernest H. Latham, Jr. Ph.D., Washington, DC Tomorrow, August 23rd, the world will give passing note and a brief mention to the fact that some seventy years ago one of the most cynical and unscrupulous treaties in all of history was signed. It...
Molotov-Ribbentrop: Pact's Bitter Legacy Remains In Eastern Europe
August 21, 2009By Brian Whitmore Valentins Trojans remembers the marauding bands of Red Army soldiers going from farmhouse to farmhouse in his rural Latvia, looting watches, shoes, and clothing. Harijs Ruks recalls being interrogated by a sadistic Soviet officer...
Moscow attempts to reinterpret the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
August 20, 2009By Pavel Felgenhauer Russian Manipulation of History: "the Art of Interpretation" To mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact by Russia (USSR) and Nazi Germany on August 23, 1939, the Foreign Intelligence...
Moldova defies post-Soviet traditions
August 08, 2009By Nicu Popescu Revolutions, staged successions and consolidated authoritarianism replaced “elections” in practically all the post-Soviet countries. Against such a background the best news from Moldova’s recent elections is the lack...
Latvia: Aug 23 - Date For Remembering Stalinist, Nazi Victims
July 16, 2009The Latvian parliament after a heated debate during the extraordinary meeting on Thursday passed in the final reading the bill about declaring August 23 the date for commemorating victims of Stalinist and Nazi regimes. The responsible parliamentary committee...
