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other
words
,
in
the
period
1940
-
1991
Latvia
was
a
victim
of
hostile
occupation
by
foreign
powers
.
When
the
facts
of
this
case
occurred
two
totalitarian
regimes
,
Nazi
Germany
and
the
Soviet
Union
,
were
fighting
each
other
over
Latvian
territory
in
total
disregard
of
the
rights
of
the
Latvians
to
self
-
determination
,
which
always
was
,
and
still
remains
,
their
fundamental
legitimate
claim
.
The
aim
of
the
Soviet
Union
was
not
to
“
liberate
”
Latvia
from
Nazi
Germany
and
re
-
establish
the
country
as
an
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