The Baltic countries – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – have long kept a wary watch over Russia, their historically hostile next-door neighbour. Indeed, even after they gained independence in 1991 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the three countries have been warning the West that we should not trust the Russians. During my time in Lithuania representing Canada, I was told innumerable times by many people that I should not be naive. Russia, they kept repeating to me, cannot be relied upon to not act violently toward its neighbours – particularly those that used to be part of the USSR.
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