1940 was also the year that at-peace USSR invaded and swallowed the Baltic Triplets. After USSR disbanded, and the triplets regained freedom, Estonia found itself with a USSR arifact, a large bronze statue in a prime location downtown, known as the Unknown Soldier. Not long ago, when Estonian authorities sought to move the statue (which local Estonians call the “Unknown Rapist”) to the nearby soldier’s cemetery, Russia threw a fit, threatening, accusing Estonia of abusing Russian-speaking Estonians, and attacking through the internet, shutting down and damaging the entire Estonian network, including government and commercial services. This attack was led, it is said, by the RBN network, said to be a St. Petersburg criminal organization that enjoys government-protection, and also said to’ve led the recent similar shutdown of the Georgian network. But, don’t take my word for all that, do your own search.

just what i read in the history books & papers, folks. may be all propaganda, but if so, it’s pretty comprehensive. if there is another side to the stories, i’d sure read them, too.