The Russian Prosecutor General's office in Moscow is now reviewing whether the Soviet Union’s decision to grant independence to the Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia was legal. The State Council of the Soviet Union granted this independence under former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991. This review was reported by the Russian news agency, Interfax. In a previous ruling, the Prosecutor General found that the Soviet gift of Crimea to Ukraine was illegal. The appeal is being brought by two lawmakers of United Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s party.
Washington Times: Russian prosecutor probing Baltics’ independence
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the Civic Chamber at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 23, 2015.
