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I browsed Wikipedia and found out that leadership of the Latvian SSR was predominantly Latvian, not Russian.
While Latvian SSR existed there were 11 Latvian and 3 Russian leaders (chairmen, speakers...

Oh, you're crying wolf...



I read about Linderman. FSB kicked him out of Russia to his birthplace - Latvia.
Btw, Linderman has a medal "Defender of barricades" because he was participating in...

We are now opening a contest for the best metaphor for Latvia-Russia relations :yahoo:
My turn: Russian Latvians remind me of divorced couple's children who love both their parents and can't decide...

Not only schools and hospitals were built in Soviet Latvia - factories as well. For example, RAF - Riga Autobus Factory, founded in 1949. Vans made by RAF were used as shuttles, ambulance cars etc....

Do Finns in Finland get fined for insufficient use of the other national language - Swedish? Do Swedes in Finland get fined for insufficient use of Finnish? Is there language police at all? Also, do...

Btw, referendum clearly highlighted cities that are in dire need of official status of the Russian language within their limits: Riga (36% votes in favor), Daugavpils (85%), Jelgava (25%), Liepaja...

Find those bastards who put stickers right over the descriptions in Russian on packages of various merchandise in Riga shops and take their glue away for a start :-)

The results are here: as it was expected, ~75% voted against Russian as a second state language, while ~25% voted in favor. So Latvian language remains the sole state language of Latvia. This...

Referendum for the Russian language as the second state language in Latvia is scheduled for tomorrow. It's time to remember some not so fair things about the language situation in this country. Here...

I've just read that there were free (except for the schoolchildren and the unemployed) Latvian language courses in Riga in late 2011, and people are invited to sign up for similar courses scheduled...

I agree with you that it's a shame to live in independent Latvia without knowledge of the Latvian language. But I think that Latvian authorities should swap sticks for carrots. How about abolishing...

Interestingly, recent months saw an exacerbation of the struggle for equal rights in Latvia, particularly the collection of signatures for changing the status of the Russian language and for granting...

I think that the Russian language in Latvia should at least be promoted to the official status within municipalities with high percentage of native Russian speakers. By doing so the authorities would...

I've just remembered funny Soviet short film about beefy factory worker who is trying to steal an engine from his workplace and skinny schoolboy who ruins his plans: ...