by Teri Schultz Just over a decade ago, the escalation of the Baltics’ drives for independence coincided with my own, and, as it turned out, our shared impatience and rebelliousness would be mutually beneficial. The phone rang the morning of 19 August while I was getting dressed. A friend told me breathlessly, “Something’s going on in Moscow – they’ve taken […]

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