"He went missing during the Great Patriotic War." Was it fate for Heino Lipu to have his brother sent to a prison camp?

If we were to compile some sort of ranking of the great mysteries of Estonian sports history, the question at the top would probably be: why did the Red Army not allow Heino Lippu (1922–2006) to compete in international competitions, even though he was a decathlete and shot putter who was among the best in the world in terms of results in the second half of the 1940s and early 1950s? The reason given is “political distrust,” but what did it lead…