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  2. Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 - Wikipedia

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    In August 1994 the last Russian troops withdrew from the Republic of Latvia. [50] Russia officially ended its military presence in Latvia in August 1998 following the decommissioning of the Skrunda-1 radar station, which was the last active Russian military radar in the Baltics. The last Russian troops withdrew from the station the following ...

  3. Occupation of the Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    The Baltic states proclaimed independence after the signing of the Armistice, and Bolshevik Russia invaded at the end of 1918. [170] Izvestia wrote in its 25 December 1918, issue: "Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are directly on the road from Russia to Western Europe and therefore a hindrance to our revolutions... This separating wall has to be ...

  4. Timeline of the occupation of the Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    The Germans demanded that Lithuania give up the Klaipėda region (Memelland), or the Wehrmacht would invade Lithuania. 23 August 1939, Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (Nazi-Soviet Alliance) signed. A secret protocol of the pact places Estonia, Latvia, and Finland in Soviet sphere of interest, Lithuania in Germany's

  5. Russia feels threatened by NATO. There's history behind that

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Biden at a meeting in June. ... Latvia and Lithuania, ... A Russian invasion of Ukraine could touch off the worst conflict in Europe since World War II.

  6. Latvia's president says West must arm Ukraine to keep Russia ...

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    Latvia’s president says Russia is planning for a long war in Ukraine and he has a message for countries wavering on continuing military support to Kyiv: Keep supplying arms or the Ukrainians ...

  7. Background of the occupation of the Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    By 1920, German troops had withdrawn and the Russian Civil War was in its final phase. Consequently, the Baltic states signed peace treaties with Soviet Russia. Estonia signed the Treaty of Tartu on 2 February, Lithuania signed the Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty on 12 July and Latvia signed the Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty on 15 August 1920. [3]

  8. Territorial changes of the Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    Territorial changes of the Baltic states refers to the redrawing of borders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia after 1940. The three republics, formerly autonomous regions within the former Russian Empire and before that of former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and as provinces of the Swedish Empire, gained independence in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution of 1917.

  9. Latvia–Russia relations - Wikipedia

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    Latvia, as one of the EU countries, imposed sanctions on Russia shortly after the invasion started, in response, Russia added all EU countries to the list of "unfriendly nations". [23] Latvia joined other countries in spring 2022 in declaring a number of Russian diplomats persona non grata .