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Ladies and gentlemen, the European Union is interested in developing good relations with Russia, and this process has to be a bilateral one. There are spheres where this has happened successfully, but in other spheres matters have actually worsened.
The countries of Europe have had differing historical experiences of relations with Russia. For Latvia and the other Baltic States the experience was particularly tragic. The USSR occupied the Baltic States twice. Over 60 000 innocent people were sent from Latvia to Siberia in cattle trucks, without any legal process, and only a few returned. To a great extent the deportations were carried out so that the possessions and homes of those expelled could be handed over, lock, stock and barrel, to the new settlers.
Russia must acknowledge the occupation of the Baltic States. This would also make it possible to legally distinguish national minorities from immigrants, whose rights in Europe are regulated by entirely different laws or norms, as my fellow Members have stated here; this is a subject on which Latvia has to listen to unfounded accusations by Russia.
Our duty in the European Parliament resolution is to send a clear signal to Russia, stating that the retreat from democracy which we have observed recently is unacceptable. In order for us to be successful, it is important for the countries of the European Union to speak with one voice to Russia, and also to pull no punches in calling things by their real names."@en1
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