The Baltic republic were isolated from the outside world between the late 1940s and the mid-1980s.
That is academic in the case of the Baltic republics.
Both men have taken a hard line on nationalist activities in the Baltic republics.
Russians in the other Baltic republics share the same concern.
The Baltic republics have said the draft law is unacceptable.
Not only the Baltic republics but all the others too stand to lose from a crackdown.
What he could do is to deal directly with the crucial immediate issue: the three Baltic republics.
The Baltic republics want no less than a restoration of full sovereignty, taken away in 1940.
And it will contain reports from similar commissions in the three Baltic republics.
Foreign investors are also favoring the other two Baltic republics.