„Russia and Estonia agree borders”. BBC. 18. 5. 2005. Приступљено 29. 4. 2009. „Five decades of almost unbroken Soviet occupation of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ended in 1991”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
Kavass, Igor I. (1972). Baltic States. W. S. Hein. „The forcible military occupation and subsequent annexation of the Baltic States by the Soviet Union remains to this day (written in 1972) one of the serious unsolved issues of international law”
"After the German occupation in 1941–44, Estonia remained occupied by the Soviet Union until the restoration of its independence in 1991." Kolk and Kislyiy v. Estonia (European Court of Human Rights 17.01.2006). Text
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Ziemele, Ineta (2003). „State Continuity, Succession and Responsibility: Reparations to the Baltic States and their Peoples?”. Baltic Yearbook of International Law. Martinus Nijhoff. 3: 165—190. doi:10.1163/221158903x00072.
Van Elsuwege, Peter (април 2004). Russian-speaking minorities in Estonian and Latvia: Problems of integration at the threshold of the European Union(PDF). Flensburg Germany: European Centre for Minority Issues. стр. 2. Архивирано из оригинала(PDF) 2015-09-23. г. Приступљено 2013-03-10. „The forcible incorporation of the Baltic states into the Soviet Union in 1940, on the basis of secret protocols to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, is considered to be null and void. Even though the Soviet Union occupied these countries for a period of fifty years, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania continued to exist as subjects of international law.”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
„22 September 1944 from one occupation to another”. Estonian Embassy in Washington. 2008-09-22. Приступљено 2009-05-01. „For Estonia, World War II did not end, de facto, until 31 August 1994, with the final withdrawal of former Soviet troops from Estonian soil.”
Estonian State Commission on Examination of Policies of Repression (2005). „Human Losses”(PDF). The White Book: Losses inflicted on the Estonian nation by occupation regimes. 1940–1991. Estonian Encyclopedia Publishers. стр. 15. Архивирано из оригинала(PDF) 2013-01-14. г.
Fried, Daniel (14. 6. 2007). „U.S.-Baltic Relations: Celebrating 85 Years of Friendship”(PDF). Архивирано из оригинала(PDF) 19. 8. 2012. г. Приступљено 2009-04-29. „From Sumner Wells' declaration of July 23, that we would not recognize the occupation. We housed the exiled Baltic diplomatic delegations. We accredited their diplomats. We flew their flags in the State Department's Hall of Flags. We never recognized in deed or word or symbol the illegal occupation of their lands.”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
„Seventh session Agenda item 9”(PDF). United Nations, Human Rights Council, Mission to Estonia. 17. 03. 2008. Приступљено 2009-05-01. „The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in 1939 assigned Estonia to the Soviet sphere of influence, prompting the beginning of the first Soviet occupation in 1940. After the German defeat in 1944, the second Soviet occupation started and Estonia became a Soviet republic.”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)[мртва веза]
Fried, Daniel (14. 6. 2007). „U.S.-Baltic Relations: Celebrating 85 Years of Friendship”(PDF). Архивирано из оригинала(PDF) 19. 8. 2012. г. Приступљено 2009-04-29. „From Sumner Wells' declaration of July 23, that we would not recognize the occupation. We housed the exiled Baltic diplomatic delegations. We accredited their diplomats. We flew their flags in the State Department's Hall of Flags. We never recognized in deed or word or symbol the illegal occupation of their lands.”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
Van Elsuwege, Peter (април 2004). Russian-speaking minorities in Estonian and Latvia: Problems of integration at the threshold of the European Union(PDF). Flensburg Germany: European Centre for Minority Issues. стр. 2. Архивирано из оригинала(PDF) 2015-09-23. г. Приступљено 2013-03-10. „The forcible incorporation of the Baltic states into the Soviet Union in 1940, on the basis of secret protocols to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, is considered to be null and void. Even though the Soviet Union occupied these countries for a period of fifty years, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania continued to exist as subjects of international law.”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
Estonian State Commission on Examination of Policies of Repression (2005). „Human Losses”(PDF). The White Book: Losses inflicted on the Estonian nation by occupation regimes. 1940–1991. Estonian Encyclopedia Publishers. стр. 15. Архивирано из оригинала(PDF) 2013-01-14. г.
See, for instance, position expressed by the European Parliament, which condemned "the fact that the occupation of these formerly independent and neutral States by the Soviet Union occurred in 1940 following the Molotov/Ribbentrop pact, and continues." European Parliament (13. 1. 1983). „Resolution on the situation in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania”. Official Journal of the European Communities. C. 42/78.CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)