Dace Kalsone
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Perpetuum studentum. Priecē likumi, ekonomika, viss zaļais un Pērkona mūzika.
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29-12-2010 21:06:19
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Another example of ignorance or arrogance, this time from Financial Times. “Former Soviet Republic”- what is the point to highlight this? 35 years (!) have passed since we restored our independence after soviet occupation. Does your office in Frankfurt report on former East Germany too?
The Financial Times, a publication from the former Roman province, Anglo-Saxon settlement zone, and a possession of the Dukes of Normandy, manages to do the braindead thing again, and can’t help but refer to countries that were occupied by the Soviets as “former Soviet republics.” The cherry