http://siberianlight.net/estonian-empire/ The Russia Blog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:05:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://siberianlight.net/estonian-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-6121 Randy McDonald Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://65.124.18.226/~siberian/?p=117#comment-6121 I have to say I've a fair amount of sympathy for the Estonian arguments, given the huge amounts of damage inflicted on Estonia by the illegal Soviet occupation and annexation, and given the Russian Federation's willing self-identification as the legal successor state to the Soviet Union, at least insofar as goodies like the UN Security Council seat and the nuclear arsenal goes. If it's willing to accept the benefits of the Soviet Union, why shouldn't it be responsible for the deficits? I have to say I’ve a fair amount of sympathy for the Estonian arguments, given the huge amounts of damage inflicted on Estonia by the illegal Soviet occupation and annexation, and given the Russian Federation’s willing self-identification as the legal successor state to the Soviet Union, at least insofar as goodies like the UN Security Council seat and the nuclear arsenal goes. If it’s willing to accept the benefits of the Soviet Union, why shouldn’t it be responsible for the deficits?

]]> http://siberianlight.net/estonian-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-6122 MaryAnn Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://65.124.18.226/~siberian/?p=117#comment-6122 Why don't they just go back and clean up after themselves? They left everything so junky and dumpy, maybe some paint and lightbulbs for the buildings that remain that they were responsible for birthing... Why don’t they just go back and clean up after themselves? They left everything so junky and dumpy, maybe some paint and lightbulbs for the buildings that remain that they were responsible for birthing…

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