Enzo Lion writes, "Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania must confront their dark past and not keep their Nazi connections under the carpet."

Enzo , what do you actually know about these countries? I suggest very little. This is why you write in propaganda slogans, not in facts with understanding and reasoning.

You don't know that Estonia, for example, was absolutely neutral up to and even after the outbreak of WW2. You don't know that despite this, in 1940 Russia invaded it, overthrew its government by force and held farcical "elections" at the point of a gun conforming to no constitutional norms by which it sought to legitimise the permanent Soviet occupation of the country. 

You don't know that Moscow committed a similar outrage against Latvia and Lithuania. You don't know that thereafter the darkest of the "dark past" of those three small countries commenced, with over 100,000 of their citizens, from a few days' old babies to people in their 90s deported into Siberian slavery where most of them died, and thousands more killed outright by Soviet Russian thugs, not a one whom has ever had to answer for their crimes in a Russian court of law.

You don't know that when Nazi oppressors replaced the Soviet variety in 1941, the Baltics thought they had come to rescue them. Instead, they came to oppress them even further. You don't know that as the War was drawing to an end and it was clear that Germany would lose, thousands of Baltic people took the only course open to them to try to prevent the return of the Soviet horror. That course lay in fighting against their Soviet oppressors in the uniform of their German oppressors -- a searing dilemma which I hope you and your country never had to face.

You do not know that even though not one sovereign Baltic government had ever had a treaty or alliance with Nazi Germany and had no anti-semitic national policies, after the end of Soviet occupation in 1991 each apologised for crimes which a few of their nationals had committed under German occupation. You don't know that they have a very good relationship with the Israel.

Y ou can't specify a single aspect of their past which the Baltics have not confronted. You only know obnoxious Russian propaganda, and lend yourself unthinkingly as a mouthpiece for it.

You also do not know that Russia continues to slander them almost daily, because it has not confronted its own dark Baltic past.

Lena wrote: "We Russians are the biggest hypocrites out there and never learn from our history." Please, stop pretending that you are Russian. It becomes annoying. Nothing what comes out of your mouth even slightly resembles anything Russian... You don't have to hide your Baltic identity on the RT forum. Unlike the Internet forums in Britain, where you seem reside today, this is free and liberal environment where you can say everything you want without being persecuted...

to joseph.walker who wrote - Mike NZ I do not know where you learnt your history.Russia had no part in annexing Austria ,or the Invasion of Poland.Hitler may have just been  clever in letting the russian believe Hitler had no intentions of inavading Russia.And I doubt the loss of 20 million Russian lives is a form of collaboration. I know the English peasants are not educated ,. Anyway time to move on .You live and learn. Hello What has Nato done lately invaded Libya and kill thousands ,off course the White SCUM in the media and broadcasting have to obey thier masters and keep they ignorant mouths shut. And by the way Chamberlain British PM was negioatiating with Hitler and even came back with  a declaration signed by Hitler about his peacful intentions ,then Invaded Poland the next week.So who are the morons on the Planet,Do I need to spell it out? ------------ -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -- You and the likes of you!