Contents tagged with Soviet occupation
-
Latvia and Estonia consider recovering damages from Russia for 'the Soviet occupation'
Latvia and Estonia are considering the possibility of making a claim against Russia as a successor of the USSR regarding the recovery of damages for Soviet occupation, according to the statement, which was signed by the Ministers of Justice of both countries after the joint meeting of the Estonian and Latvian Governments and published by the press service of the Estonian Ministry of Justice, ERR reports.
The Ministers stressed the importance of preserving the memory of people who died due to …
-
Ukrainian historian: Ukraine was occupied during Soviet period
In a broadcast of Channel 5, Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance Volodymyr Viatrovych called the period during which Ukraine was part of the USSR “the Bolshevik occupation”.
“It was the Soviet occupation, the establishing of first a Bolshevik, then a communist occupation regime,” he said. Viatrovych also referred to a need for “legislative acts which would clearly document the current Ukraine’s succession of the Ukrainian People’s Republic”.
“One of these elements …
-
Estonia intends to demand compensation from Russia for the 'Soviet occupation'
Estonian Minister of Justice Urmas Reinsalu announced that the country has reasons to demand apologies or compensation from Russia, the successor to the USSR, for damage incurred during the years the Soviet Union stayed in the country.
This succession was preserved "after annexation by the Soviet Union in 1940," according to him.
This issue was agreed upon by the Estonian government in 2004 based on international law, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine. The authorities came to the conclusion …