ESTONIA: 1ST UPDATE: Russians, Nearly 8% of Population, Are Stateless In Tallinn.

NYTIMES/ CLIFFORD J. LEVY/ ADDITIONAL NPR VERSION:    
     About 100,000 people, most of them ethnic Russians, are stateless in Estonia, or about 7.5% of 1.35 million people. They are even described as "aliens" in their passports. Estonia's citizenship policy is a response to Stalin's occupation. Like neighboring Latvia, Estonia has granted citizenship ONLY to people and their descendants, who had it before the Soviet's took over.

FOR ANOTHER TAKE ON SUBJECT, SEE  23 AUG  VERSION ON NPR 7:52   BY Reporter David Greene with Audio and Transcript:

 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129333023

RUSSIA: Medvedev Attacks Stalin Defenders.

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In a break from his predecessor Vladimir Putin, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attacked those seeking to reshape the reputation of former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Millions of Soviet citizens died under Stalin's rule and Medvedev said it was wrong to justify those who exterminated their own people. He also warned against efforts to falsify history and defend repression.

Polish Bishop Says Poles Must Forgive Russia For Mass Slaughter At Katyn.

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A Polish bishop says Poles must forgive Russia for Soviet crimes in order to improve relations, speaking at a graveyard of more than 4,000 Polish officers killed by Josef Stalin's army in 1940.
"The fate of those killed is already in the hands of God," Tadeusz Ploski, a Catholic Polish army bishop, told a group of 250 prison guards visiting Katyn to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the start of War World Two.