Cold War ghosts haunt Latvia amid renewed NATO-Russia tensions

RIGA (Reuters) - Hidden in the forests of Aluksne, near Latvia’s north-eastern border with Russia, the remains of a former Soviet nuclear missile base are a magnet for tourists now rather than a top-secret site manned by soldiers. The Zeltini missile launch site, operational during the Cold War years from 1962 to 1984 when Latvia was under Soviet rule, at one time concealed at least eight nuclear

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