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Vilnius at 30 Nothing Must Be Forgotten
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 6
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Thirty years ago tomorrow (January 13), Soviet forces fired at unarmed Lithuanians in Vilnius, killing 15 and thereby accelerating the recovery of the full independence of the Baltic countries as well as the demise of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Both the details and the broader lessons of those events are beginning to be forgotten as those who were involved pass from the scene and a new generation, born too recently to remember, has risen to take their place. The details are important not only because they show that what actually happened is not what Moscow wants people to believe. The story also highlights the key role played by other non-Russians in forcing Mikhail Gorbachev to back away from a Soviet Tiananmen as well as the importance of their ability to attract support from the ethnic-Russian majority and the West. But even more import
Tankers set course for thick ice as part of experiment on Northern Sea Route
It has been under planning for a long time, and repeatedly announced by Russian Arctic developers. On the 5th of January, the Christophe de Margerie set out from LNG terminal Sabetta with east-bound course for Chinese port Dalian. Eleven days earlier did the Nikolay Zubov leave Dalian with course for Sabetta.
While the former is expected to reach its destination in China on the 26th of January, the latter is due to arrive in Sabetta on the 16th of January.
Never before have two commercial ships conducted this kind of parallel voyages on the Northern Sea Route at this part of the year. None of the ships are accompanied by icebreakers.