A Rinkevics was born in the USSR! How Wikipedia changes the biographies of residents of the Baltic states

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1. >In the case of Estonia, one Wikipedia user changed the birthplaces of nearly 600 people in English-language articles, indicating that they were born in the Estonian SSR, Soviet Union. In one instance, such edits were made for more than 21 consecutive hours, and the user characterized them as a “correction” of Estonia’s history. This was reported by the Estonian National Broadcasting Company ERR, citing a study by journalist Ronalds Līves. The Lithuanian publication Lrytas reported similar actions, resulting in several politicians having their place of birth changed to the Lithuanian SSR. This specifically affected President Gitanas Nausėda and former President Dalia Grybauskaitė. Considering these reports, disinformation researcher Anete Berzkalne from Latvijas Radio checked whether similar changes had been made to the biographies of well-known people in Latvia and found that Latvia was also not left out.