Depending on whom you talk to, the Latvian state was founded by criminals or freedom fighters. Katya Cengel reports on the "criminal side" which was recently emphasized in a Russian documentary.Like any totalitarian system, the Soviet government was very adept at producing propaganda. It was so effective that there are still those who believe that Latvia, and the other Baltic states, welcomed their Soviet and German occupiers.After the fall of the Soviet Union, the propaganda system weakened and people became more skeptical. Still, when times are tough, it never hurts to create an outside e...
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