They came here in the time of the soviet union as migrant workers to fill all the new factories that were being built. As well as other jobs. Somewhere between 500k and a million people.
Also many of them (about 20k) are retired soviet military personnel or their kids and other relatives. Latvia and Russia had a treaty that we won't touch these guys. It was one of the conditions for Russia to withdraw their army from Latvia in '94.
Soviets were trying to Russify us. The Union collapsed just in time.
Check out our demographics.
In 1935- 75% Latvians, 25% others (10% Russians)
In 1989 52% Latvians , 48% others (32% Russians )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Latvia?wprov=sfla1
10 more years, and we'd be strangers in our own land.
Those guys miss these days. Now we're slipping out of Moscow's grip.
You are under Kremlin's influence and I think that you better already had relocated to Russia...
% of Russians in Latvia since 1990 ies had dropped from aporox 41% till aporox 24,5%.
Maybe soon someone will demand to know ukr language?
Number of them had increased....so slave should learn ukr?
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And stop talk here about treaties you know about them absolutely nothing nor also why they withdrew troops my little.....
I know that they didn't had money to put food on table for troops anymore and therefore removed them from East Germany and your country....
Pensions and benefits agreements were dual sided and bullshit you had posted regards to monument doesn't matter anything cos it isn't graveyard....
Shitty monument was in simple casual piece of land ....where ppl had been hanged up by USSR military in 1945 and 1946...
Graveyards agreement is about places where ppl bodies are buried de facto and such stuff is also with Germany....
Also...Russia doesn't keep this agreement in power since 2008 th...
About graveyards ....in Russia...
They just did nothing....
Real graveyards where bodies buried ....with bushes and grass etc.. cos Russia usually just did nothing to up keep them...
BTW REAL graveyards in EU no one had touched...even nazists graveyards no...
Regards to shit with pensions etc money transfer etc. ....Baltic countries are eurozone countries and de facto does have the same Central Bank as Belgium and France and Germany etc....
It is ECB and sanctions ruled out by ECB are mando for all eurozone banks....