OTD 23rd of August 1989 Baltic Way protest was timed specifically to the 50th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (MRP). For decades, Soviet official policy denied that the secret protocols dividing Eastern Europe into Soviet and Nazi spheres of influence existed. 🧵 1/9

All during the crises an information war started. russian media, russian bot networks, US government accounts and certain pro-Israeli forces amplifyed the confusion and sowed fear. Riding that, several notable European leaders made bizarre, illegal and racist calls. 4/