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Pro independence moves split Baltic parties and rally
Pro independence actions in Latvia and Lithuania show divergent paths toward restoring independence from Moscow. In Latvia about 270 delegates walked out of a party congress over a platform signaling autonomy rather than full break, while Lithuania drew an estimated 300000 rally crowd in Vilnius as months of tension with the Kremlin escalated.
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