I want periodical goverment change through democratic elections in my country. Putin&Co are against me in this particular little desire of mine.
Yes, I also wish that Russia is free and democratic and not ruled by KGB and mafia.
It would be great that we had friendly and reliable neighbour instead of what Russia is now.
I do not hate ordinary russian people - but your government really hates our country.
Putin's & co foreign policy is to treat Baltics like some kind of separatists - lost parts of empire and not independent and sovereign countries.
It does not accept that Baltics are not former soviet republics, but were proclaimed in 1918 and illegally occupied in 1940.
Russian government finances (with your tax money) political parties in Latvia that do not recognize our country's legal foundations and want closer relations with Putin's mafia.
And also constantly spread bullshit propaganda about Baltics (how bad russians are treated there, that nazis march in broad daylight and our government supports them, etc).
And they still haven't paid compensations for damage that USSR did to our countries.
For example - to people that served in USSR military - they should be receiving large compensations - just like wrongly imprisoned.
And my grandparents that were deported for EIGHT YEARS - did not receive anything for their suffering - and had to live like second class citizens whole soviet period.
Why there was not Nuremberg II and chekists, commies and other scum did not receive what they deserved (the rest of their lives behind bars)?
But the truth is - average russians have greater freedoms and rights in Baltics than they have in Russia - and that's why they better stay here and not move to Russia.
Quite hi-tech, don't you think.
Stuff made for military was good in soviet times too. Stuff for civilians was mostly crap. And people almost idolized imported goods.