anonymoose
Classical Liberal
Uh, you should read up on some history of post WW2 Baltic countries. Here's a sample:Me ? No. Cypress claims that Russia intended to COLONIZE parts of Europe. Utter nonsense. Russia is the largest country on earth. The Russians had buffer states, not colonies, buffer states that they liberated from Nazism.
On 5 October 1939, Latvia was forced to accept a "mutual assistance" pact with the Soviet Union, granting the Soviets the right to station between 25,000 and 30,000 troops on Latvian territory. State administrators were murdered and replaced by Soviet cadres. Elections were held with single pro-Soviet candidates listed for many positions. The resulting people's assembly immediately requested admission into the USSR, which the Soviet Union granted. Latvia, then a puppet government, was headed by Augusts Kirhenšteins The Soviet Union incorporated Latvia on 5 August 1940, as the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic.
The Soviets dealt harshly with their opponents – prior to Operation Barbarossa, in less than a year, at least 34,250 Latvians were deported or killed. Most were deported to Siberia where deaths were estimated at 40 percent.
Latvia - Wikipedia
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Then there's Russification:
Russification - Wikipedia
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which is considered a form of genocide.
Cypress is dead right.
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