Mar
26
Baltic remembers mass deportation, Russia is silent
In the Baltic republics have been events to celebrate the memory of tens of thousands of people resettled to Siberia under Stalin. This writes the newspaper The Times.
Commemorative events were held in conjunction with the 60 th anniversary of mass deportations carried out by the Soviet Union.
Repressions, began on 25 March 1949, remains a sensitive issue of relations with Russia, which has not yet recognized the actions of the Soviet regime offense – the author writes the article. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation yesterday did not even remembered the anniversary.
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In 1950, after Stalin's death, migrants were allowed to return home, but their property was confiscated.
What happened 60 years ago, Latvia is known to all, because there is not one family, which would not have touched forced relocation, – said the former Latvian Foreign Minister Sandra Kalniete, born in Siberia. – All crimes can be solved only after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain .