Nazis, Anti-Nazis And NATO

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"JEWS SURVIVED IN LATVIA" ORGANISATION OPPOSES THIS COUNTRY'S ACCESSION
INTO NATO
RIGA, August 19th, 2002 /From RIA Novosti
correspondent Anatoly Baranovsky/ --

The "Jews Survived in Latvia" public organisation is opposing this
country's accession into NATO. According to a RIA Novosti
correspondent, the organisation submitted a relevant letter to the US
President and Congress. The organisation unites the Jews survived in
Latvia during World War II and who now live all over the world.

The authors of the open letter, which was made public on Monday in
Latvia, write that during World War II almost all the Jewish population
- about 85,000 people - was exterminated. Moreover, the document
states, "not only the Nazis, but also volunteer death squads from the
infamous Latvian SS legion participated in the bloodshed." According to
the letter, one of the conditions for Latvia's accession into NATO is
the government's public recognition of genocide against Jews in the
country. "At present, the government, unlike other countries, finds it
impossible to apologise for all the crimes committed", the document in
particular states.

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MOSCOW CRITICIZES ESTONIA FOR PREPARING TO DEAL WITH
ANTI-FASCIST VETERANS

-At the same time, it is no secret that the process to rehabilitate
Nazi criminals and their collaborationists is currently speeding up in
Estonia.

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Moscow, August 20th, 2002 /from RIA Novosti
Correspondent Kristina Rodriges/--

Moscow believes
that the trials against anti-fascist veterans opening in Estonia on
August 22th have a strongly pronounced political character. According
to the Russian embassy in Estonia, Vladimir Penart (b.1925), a
Russian citizen, a veteran of the state security bodies of Estonia,
will stand Estonian trail in the town of Valga on August 22th. Apart
from that, the trial against another anti-fascist veteran, Russian
citizen Yuri Karpov will be held on September 18th-19th in Tallinn. The
third one awaiting his turn is Stepan Nikeyev, veteran of security
bodies, is also a citizen of Russia.

The embassy noted that all veterans have been sued with a frame-up
charge of "crimes against humanity." The embassy stressed that "these
trials are of a strongly pronounced political character."
In particular, this was proved by the resolution, which the Estonian
parliament adopted on July 18th 2002, proclaiming Soviet law-
enforcement bodies "criminal organizations." At the same time, it is no
secret that the process to rehabilitate Nazi criminals and
their collaborationists is currently speeding up in Estonia.