Russia has dismissed Latvian claims that the Baltic country is owed over $200 billion in damages caused by its forced entry into the Soviet Union after the Second World War.
When calculating the damages to the country as a result of the Soviet occupations of 1940 and 1945, members of Latvia’s state commission said that the Baltic state had lost $210 billion, Latvian news agency Leta reports.
The calculations were made based on the projections for Latvia’s industry and trade made in the period prior to it becoming a Soviet Republic until it split from the Soviet Union in 1990. The …read more
Source: Newsweek
