How the BALTIC Countries Have Moved on From Russia !

The Baltic states remain committed to moving on from it's Soviet and Russian past, but Russia has not gone away and remains the largest neighbour for most of the Baltic countries, find out what the Baltic states are doing to maintain their independence!

[@artursbondars7789]

Correction is needed. Latvian flag proportions was wrong in video (2:33). And statement that in Latvia all Russians need to take A2 language test is wrong also. This requirement concerns only Russian citizens, who live in Latvia, thou Latvia's constitution clearly states, that Latvian language is official state language.

[@noiz5578]

cool

[@mezzes468]

Oh, it cannot be said that the Baltic states were poor within the USSR.
The statement that everything was bad before independence and now everything is super good is simply not correct whether you like it or not.

[@kaanyasin3733]

If i was given 20% flat tax i would also want to become rich

[@UnknownOperator-hj2qn]

Underated channel, nice job!

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Baltic state is rich state in ussr aredy .
Is like call Slovenia poor during Yugoslavia.

[@GeneralGayJay]

Well they fought the oligarchs

[@Asofe17]

Im from baltics, we never fought oligarchs. west and east have oligarchs, we call them here "philanthropists, lobbyists and billionaires" but essentially they are the same. Unelected people influencing and owning all of us. Look at wef or black rock. why baltics are where they are - its simple. communism does not work. china is successful cause its capitalism+communism hybrid.

[@rphb5870]

what made them rich was not moving from Russia, it was moving from Communism. Russia is also rich now, for the same reason

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

So why center Afrika and south America still poor even have capitalis and market economy.

[@irdorath356]

All Soviet Republics had a highr GDP in the 80s than now

[@rphb5870]

@@carkawalakhatulistiwa because there are two things that are required for a country to actually become rich.
One is the freedom to actually pursue wealth, this is on a spectrum but communism is actively preventing it, thus naturally making every country poor.
The other is more basic, our natural abilities, who are not equal.

[@madtechnocrat9234]

Now that's a good joke.
Russia is a third world country attached to Moscow, and Petersburg.
Per capita russia is absurdly poor especially considering resources that russia has access to.
Moving away from communism did not make russia any more wealthy than it was before.
Why?
Because duo to complete political mayhem, and rampart corruption, instead of "modern capitalism" russia got what we can call "wild capitalism".
Capitalism without necessary regulations, protections, stable markets etcetera...
This wild capitalism in turn gave rise to Oligarchy in Russia. And thus political power dynamic was again completely dominated by elites alone.
You can't have democracy where elites have too much power.
To this day russian government is scaremongering russian populace with 90s capitalism.
In order to actually gain from capitalist system, transition must be done correctly.
Poland is a good example of a country that has done so relatively well.
That's why Poland GDP per Capita is much wealthier today than russia is.
And that is using pre-Ukraine war data.

[@mudristefamon2338]

@@madtechnocrat9234 Listen, brother, if you want to make a valid argument, leave your propagandist sentences aside

[@mudristefamon2338]

Of the 3 listed countries, only Lithuania existed before the arrival of the Russians, I don't know how something that never existed can be occupied.
The 3 mentioned countries participated in mass crimes committed against (mainly) Russians during the Second World War, Imagine if someone participated in the killing of say 27 million American citizens, would that country exist today? Therefore, I must mention that the Russians, considering everything, were quite mild.
It is acceptable, of course, that these small states cooperate with whoever they want, what is not acceptable is that the Russian population is discriminated to an enormous extent.

[@andriyshepard3095]

lmao, casting your pseudo-history aside, why do you think people of those 3 countries hated russians that much? Keep in mind I say people, not countries. Oh right, soviets occupied them in 1940. For 1 year, up until operation barbarossa, russians commited atrocities and forced deportations in these occupied countries. In response, those same oppresed people helped germans, seeing them lesser of two evils, hoping nazis would help restore the independence. And finally how can occupied country commit atrocities against russia, if those same countries were occupied? They were not free. So please - stfu.

[@jurb2941]

Wealthy russians are faking ancestry of Lithuanians/Latvians/Estonians that were exiled to Siberia just so they can move to these places that will supposedly discriminate against them.

[@smallblackcoffee7340]

well they never wanted that russian population in the first place

[@Sebastian-fk3gs]

What crimes against russians?
Ussr shouldn't have occupied my country and deported people to siberia in 1940

[@sH-ed5yf]

Funny how russians always point to history when they want something, which is not theirs

[@J--12]

>Wake up
>Realize Poland and Latvia still exist
Day ruined.

[@GeoPulse-sz6uc]

LMFAO

[@rexyhasfallen1737]

bot spotted

[@GeoPulse-sz6uc]

@rexyhasfallen1737 i might sound like one but no , not a bot

[@rexyhasfallen1737]

@@GeoPulse-sz6uc no, not you, also, great video, i enjoyed it