The protest was a peaceful one. It was couched in terms of legality and Rule of Law. And Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania thus developed a self-identity on the same. The Baltic States were not Soviet, and their national identity would thus not be Soviet, either. And so if to be Soviet meant to be illegally occupied, to be Baltic would mean to be respectful of international law. And after independence this was supported by Western states, yes, but it began within the Baltic States themselves, as civil society and respect for Rule of Law must.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 22:03:19 +0000
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