It is an open secret that four former Soviet republics – Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Ukraine – are one of those countries that suffered from the economic crisis most. The inflation rate in those countries continues to grow because of huge debts, although the rate in many other countries begins to decrease. The crisis-struck states experience the phenomenon of stagflation because of the low GDP – this phenomenon is well-known to many Americans owing to the crisis of the 1970s

Lithuania will attempt to claim a billion-dollar compensation from Russia for the so-called "Soviet occupation." The nation, the economy of which has been declining for months due to the economic crisis, is in dire need of cash. The nation even conducted a referendum on June 14, 1992, when the majority of the Lithuanians said that Russia must compensate the damage caused during the years of the Soviet occupation.

The monument of Bronze Soldier of Tallinn was dismantled in Estonia two years ago. The government of the former Soviet republic has made quite a number of actions to glorify Nazism since then. This country has become particularly distinctive in terms of its strong anti-Russian sentiments

Soviet symbolism has been equated with Nazi symbolism in Lithuania, a former country of the USSR, which is currently known as one of the three Baltic states (Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia). The Lithuanian authorities have banned the use of Soviet symbols all across the nation. The law particularly bans the use of Nazi swastika, the Soviet Sickle and Hammer, the Soviet five-point star, as well as the performance of anthems of Nazi Germany, the USSR and the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic

Estonian authorities on Monday re-erected a statue commemorating Soviet soldiers killed during World War II at a military cemetery, three days after its removal from a Tallinn square provoked protests by ethnic Russians.

Police fired rubber bullets and a water cannon at hundreds of protesters in Estonia's capital in a second night of rioting by ethnic Russians angry over the removal of a Soviet war memorial - an act that also aggravated tensions with the Kremlin

Estonian authorities removed the disputed Soviet war memorial overnight Friday, despite angry protests that triggered street clashes in which one person died and dozens were injured, the government said

Estonian authorities removed a disputed Soviet war memorial overnight Friday, a government spokesman said

The government of Estonia has launched the campaign to dismantle the Bronze Soldier monument in its capital, Tallin. The common grave of Soviet warriors, which is situated underneath the monument is said to be excavated and removed as well. Russian officials say it was an inhuman decision to make

Protesters gathered in downtown of Tallinn on Thursday to object against the state plan to remove the bodies from the Soviet war grave. This step of Estonia caused angry reaction in Russia.