the Latvian SSR was the “donor money” in the Soviet Union, says justice Minister Janis Bordans. Reports about it “Sputnik Latvia”.
According to the estimates of the policy, while in the USSR, the Baltic republics were given to the General budget of the country 30-48 percent of their budgets. In the case of the Latvian SSR, the figure was 48 percent – almost half of its budget, said the Minister.
“Despite the harsh past, it is also a testimony to the strength,” – said Bordans.
According to the publication, in 2020, the Commission by estimate of a damage from “the Soviet occupation” received 35 770 euros. This year the experts are going to evaluate the budget costs of the Latvian SSR for the period of 1946 to 1960. Also, the Commission is engaged in the compilation of materials on the destruction of the wealthy peasantry in the country. Further work will be the development of a database of the repressed, the Commission clarifies that it is nearing completion.
Russian authorities have repeatedly insisted that the occupation of the Baltic States in 1940, the Soviet Union cannot be considered. The foreign Ministry claimed that the accession of the Baltic States to the Soviet Union in line with the international law of the time.
