Re: Gorbachev named a price for Lithuanian independence



"vello" <vellokala@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:0cdcd7f1-10e0-4092-b825-c766b2a0eb03@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Mar 1, 10:09 pm, "daniloff" <mdanil...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"vello" <vellok...@xxxxxx> wrote in message

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> On Mar 1, 8:47 pm, "daniloff" <mdanil...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "Tadas Blinda" <tadas.bli...@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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>> > On Mar 1, 9:11 pm, "daniloff" <mdanil...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> "Tadas Blinda" <tadas.bli...@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message

>> >>news:bebc33c3-36e3-42b6-bd86-5142d93c181a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>> >> > On Feb 28, 3:58 am, EZ <zvi...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >> ... 21 billion roubles and the transfer of the Klaipėda region >> >> >> to
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> Russian Soviet republic

>> >> >>http://vilnews.com/?p=3062

>> >> >> - EZ

>> >> > Source:http://themoscownews.com

>> >> > Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev attempted to hold Lithuania to
>> >> > ransom over its bid for independence in 1990, according to >> >> > recently
>> >> > declassified files.

>> >> > Documents by Swedish consul Dag Sebastian Alander, who was >> >> > working
>> >> > in
>> >> > Leningrad at that time, say Gorbachev called for the payment of >> >> > 21
>> >> > billion roubles (about $126 billion according to the unofficial
>> >> > exchange rate of the time) and the transfer of the Klaipėda >> >> > region
>> >> > to
>> >> > the Russian Soviet republic, delfi.lt reported.

>> >> However he was shafted as usually :-)

>> > Gorbachev was shafted? What kind of a debilistic interpretation is
>> > that?

>> In such sense: West guys shafted all their Russian Gorbachov partners
>> and
>> walked away with the profits

> What kind of profits you have in mind?

Do not you know Russia lost the Cold War?

But there were no pay of war reparations :-)

Oh! Vello.
You are too outdated.
There are more refined methods instead of barbaric reparations such as the Fed, , IMF, Washington Consensus and Russian Oil,


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