I thought the Baltic states was concession to Stalin that FDR made at the end of hostilities. Stalin demanded and FDR caved. Is my recollection of this accurate?
In an account of the Putin interview published by the Kremlin he recalled that both the initial independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 1918 and the Soviet occupation of 1939 were due to accords between Russia and Germany.I'm waiting for someone to point out that the same could be said for Poland, under the terms of Brest-Litovsk.
I guess Putin thinks the Balts and Poalnd still belong to the Russian Empire.