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Baltic states synchronization with UCTE (also known as Baltic Synchro) is an international electricity transmission infrastructure project to synchronize the three Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) with the Synchronous grid of Continental Europe (UCTE), managed by ENTSO-E, and leave the IPS/UPS transmission system managed by the BRELL (Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ...
In Latvia, Russians have been the largest ethnic minority in the country for the last two centuries. The number of Russians in Latvia more than quadrupled during the Soviet occupation of Latvia when the size of the community grew from 8.8% of the total population in 1935 (206,499) to 34.0% in 1989 (905,515). [1]
The Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940, which included deportations to Siberian Gulags (June deportation), created a large degradation of Latvian-Russian relations. Nazi Germany then occupied Latvia in 1941 German occupation of Latvia during World War II, until the USSR returned in 1944 to resume occupation, resulting in further deportations.
Percentage of Russians by county in Estonia and municipality in Latvia and Lithuania, according to 2021 censuses Marija Naumova won the Eurovision Song Contest for Latvia in 2002 Nikolai Novosjolov is a two-time world champion in men's épée Viktor Uspaskich is a Russian-born Lithuanian entrepreneur and politician.
The party originated as the electoral alliance For Human Rights in a United Latvia (ForHRUL) (Latvian: Par cilvēka tiesībām vienotā Latvijā, PCTVL; Russian: За права человека в единой Латвии, ЗаПЧЕЛ) that was established in May 1998 by three political parties: the National Harmony Party, Equal Rights and the Socialist Party of Latvia, all of which were ...
Latvia said it would close one of its border crossings with Russia next week, after accusing Moscow of trying to create chaos there by funnelling Ukrainian passport holders through the small rural ...
Latvian authorities say three Russian television channels will have their right to broadcast in Latvia suspended for several years with immediate effect. They cited the channels’ incitement to ...
[citation needed] The question of assimilation, or integration, of the Russian-speaking immigrants is a major factor in current social and diplomatic affairs. [41] Since the decline of Russian influence and integration into the European Union economy, English has become the most popular second language in the Baltic states.