Tag: Russian invasion of the Baltics

As in 1939, Kremlin Said Mulling ‘Preventive Occupation’ of the Baltic States

May 12, 2015

Window on Eurasia

Staunton, May 12 – People of decency and good will around the world have been horrified by Vladimir Putin’s defense this week of the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact which made Hitler and Stalin allies, opened the way to World War II, and allowed the Soviet Union to occupy Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, portions of Poland and Bessarabia […]

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Moscow Lacks Available Forces to Seize and Hold Baltics, Estonian Military Expert Says

April 19, 2015

Window on Eurasia

Staunton, April 19 – Yury Dolinsky, a Russian analyst who specializes on the Baltic countries, says that most residents of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, however much they say they are worried about the Russian threat, believe that their membership in NATO will keep Moscow from invading or force Moscow to withdraw if it does invade […]

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