[1rudeboy]

Yup, I missed the part where Germany occupied the Baltics for 40+ years, and outlawed speaking/writing/reading in the native language, practising the native religion, exercising democracy, and all that. Is that why you Rodina-types envy the Nazis so? They get all the "acclaim," yet the Soviets were so much "better" in almost every way.

[jb6]

4 years not 40, they lost the war. Their plan was a bit more ambitious, maybe you heard of the Thousand Year Reich?

[jb6]

Yes, every nation under Nazi germany practiced democracy. Yup. But if you're splitting hairs between Nazi Germany and present Germany why aren't you splitting hairs between Soviet Russia and modern Russia? Hmmm?

[Modernman]

Yup, I missed the part where Germany occupied the Baltics for 40+ years, and outlawed speaking/writing/reading in the native language, practising the native religion, exercising democracy, and all that. Is that why you Rodina-types envy the Nazis so? They get all the "acclaim," yet the Soviets were so much "better" in almost every way.

The Russians sent to Latvia were, in many cases, sent there by decree of the Soviet government. They were simply tools of the Politburo in its attempts to destroy nationalist identities in the USSR. They should not be punished by the Latvian government due to the actions of the USSR.

[A. Pole]

Yup, I missed the part where Germany occupied the Baltics for 40+ years, and outlawed speaking/writing/reading in the native language, practising the native religion,

Your sarcasm points to the Soviets who actually promoted the idea of distinct ethnic republic (including language) after all they created many of them. Also Soviets persecuted also Russian religion, Latvians were quite prominent among founders of the Soviet system and among the last defenders of it.

Soviet system was a form of militant secularism which is growing stronger in the West.

[RussianBoor]

Yup, I missed the part where Germany occupied the Baltics for 40+ years

You might want to read a few history books. Germany did occupy a major part of Baltic states since at least 13th century. In particular, Latvian capital Riga was founded in 1201 by German bishop Albert of Buxhoeveden, a founder of the order of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, which later merged with the famous Prussian order of the Teutonic Knights. All major cities of the Baltic region from Danzig in Poland to Tartu and Tallinn in Estonia were thoroughly German and the majority of their inhabitants were German. Of course, all of them spoke German. You can read this and much more here