Successfully creating a 600-kilometer human chain in the Baltic States in 1989 helped Estonians gain the confidence needed to realize their dreams for independence and could have the same impact in Taiwan, an Estonian freelance reporter said yesterday in Taipei.
"Without the move, Estonia could be another satellite state, or ally of Russia, just like Georgia or Moldova nowadays,"said Mart Laanemets, a writer who has been in Taiwan for over a year.
Unlike Georgia and Moldova, which were part of the Soviet Union from its inception, Estonia was annexed by Russia in 1940 following the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact inked by Stalin and Hitler on August 23, 1939, Laanemets said after an international media press conference for the 2-28 "Hand-in-Hand" rally yesterday afternoon.
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