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We have to stop writing histories of the US–Russia conflict that don't include Eastern Europeans east of German and west of Russia. What did they want? What did they do? What do they fear? What rights do they have?Permalink On twitter.com
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Even without counting East Germany, there are more people in the EU-attached former Soviet Bloc than in the Russian Federation.Permalink On twitter.com
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Poland has historical memories of being invaded by the Soviet Union in 1939 and its 1980-81 uprising put down at their behest. The Baltics were annexed from 1944 to 1991. Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian peoples saw left uprisings quashed by Soviet tanks.Permalink On twitter.com
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These memories cannot have been helped by Russia's internal war in Chechnya; its invasions of Georgia, Crimea, eastern Ukraine; and its intervention in Moldova, Kazakhstan.On twitter.com
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Now that Russia has essentially ripped up the UN charter and issued revanchist declarations that Ukraine is essentially a made-up country, those fears have multiplied tenfold.Permalink On twitter.com
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Between the Monroe Doctrine and the Cuban missile crisis, I may be a little allergic to the "feelings of encroachment" experienced by imperial powers. But even if we take those into account, peoples in ex-satellite states have feelings too.Permalink On twitter.com
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* Just to clarify, I'm counting Ukraine the "EU-attached former Soviet Bloc" population count above. That ship has sailed, this week if not before.Permalink On twitter.com
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