The expert explained from what complexes the Russophobia of the Baltic states grows
The notorious Russian threat is an important part of the national myth of the Baltic countries, which for most of their history were dependent on large states. Political analyst of the International Monitoring Organization CIS-EMO Stanislav Byshok stated this today at a press conference in Moscow.
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“We don’t understand what it’s like to live in a small country with 2 million people, which throughout history has been a battlefield for great powers. It is difficult for us to understand that they live in beautiful cities built by other people. Before the revolution, the majority in the Baltic cities were Germans, Jews and Poles. For such countries, a national myth of liberation is necessary. And since liberation from the Germans is fraught, they reduce their entire history to liberation from the Russians,” Byshok said.
He believes that in the Soviet years the Baltic states themselves were part of the myth about “our Europe,” the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“It was such a beautiful showcase, very well financed by the Soviet center. People from all over the Union came and saw how beautiful Europe was. And they attributed all this beauty to the hard work of the Balts, not knowing that it was sponsored by them themselves. But Europe itself never considered the Baltics to be Europe,” Byshok said.
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