you do know that the occupation of the baltic states only says the western bloc said it was an occupation you do know that the eastern bloc and other communist allies or regimes friendly towards the ussr did see otherwise right i mean i believe it was an occupation but there does not exist only one view on that subject even if the western world tries to portray it that way russia still doesn't refer to it as an occuption china has never referred to it as an occupation the western bloc is not synonymous with the world the rise of china has proven that