Quote Originally Posted by Pravit
For Russian the only ones they've got are the University of Tartu and the University of Latvia. I might consider going, because all I have to do is pay for the air tickets and room and board. Anyone know something about these universities?
Two of my friends were being studied in University of Latvia. You can find a lot of information about this one at Latvijas Universitaate. The University of Tartu you can find here Tartu Ulikool.

Quote Originally Posted by Pravit
I'm going to be majoring in electrical engineering, somebody know if I could take EE classes at these schools?
The University of Latvia has a great experience in mathematics, chemistry, languages and law, but for EE you should look at Riigas Tehniskaa Universitaate or Transporta un sakaru instituuts. The first one certainly has electrical engineering studies, and the second one perhaps too but I'm not sure. (actually, TSI is the best in electronic engineering)

Quote Originally Posted by Pravit
Is Russian still widely spoken in the Baltic nations? What language do you think the classes would be in?
The Baltic States are different. The Russian language is popular in Latvia, has the local popularity in Estonia, and are rarely using in Lithuania. You can live in Latvia (especially in Riga and Daugavpils) and don't know Latvian (most of Russian-speakers do so). Grievously, but the language question are rising now. When you will have more information I could ask friends for details. Just let me know. But anyway, you could not found Latvian professor who doesn't know Russian language, and the most of them know English.

Quote Originally Posted by bad manners
I would not recommend going there for a "Russian immersion". It might be compared with going to India to learn English, only it is much worse in Latvia: the Indians got rid of the English long time ago and English is the international language; the Latvians got rid of the Russian big brother just a few years ago, and Russian is not all that important in that region (as they trying to integrate with the EU, not Russia).
It might not! First of all, because too many Russians live in Latvia. The Russian-speakers can and do teach Russian language, and in India Englishman is a rareness. The second one, Russian language is still popular in Latvia, and Latvian-Russians are keeping their language and culture and I respect them for this.

Quote Originally Posted by drew881
but youll still need a visa to get in
Nope! (if Pravit is an American citizen)