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| MOSCOW SHAMES LATVIA FOR CONVICTING FORMER RED GUERRILLA |
| 2004-05-01 |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #7 During the trial, prosecutors argued that Vasily Kononov had led an attack on a small Latvian village in 1944 and ordered the execution of nine civilians. Many of his victims, which included a number of women, were burned alive. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester TROLL 2004-05-01 9:11:26 AM |
| #6 Vassily Kononov has been convicted [for] killing civilians in the village of Mazie Bati in 1944. According to the charges, 18 Soviet partisans dressed in German army uniforms shot or burned alive all the villagers. Kononov based his plea of innocence on the belief that he had been fighting as a partisan against enemies in special circumstances. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester TROLL 2004-05-01 8:53:25 AM |
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| Posted by: Man Bites Dog TROLL 2004-05-01 9:11:26 AM |
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| Posted by: Man Bites Dog TROLL 2004-05-01 8:53:25 AM |
| #3 The Russians are in a hard place on this one - as they are on a number of fronts including all of their former satellites. "Former Red Guerilla" in the context of 1944 means a "freedom fighter." But it doesn't address the problem that the "freedom" being fought for at the time was just another form of enslavement. They know it, but they're hard-pressed to moderate their stance, given that to this day in the classroom, WW2 is still the "Great Patriotic War." The piper has never really been paid, and the brutality of the Soviet regime has always managed to escape the full brunt of introspection only because of the more published brutality of the people they were fighting against back in '44. This Russian (nee Soviet) problem is long standing - it's multi-generational and it's not solved now, nor is it going to be solved in immediate generations. I hope that it will be solved, but it's going to take a lot of stomach and stick for years to come... |
| Posted by: Mark O 2004-05-01 9:36:19 AM |
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