About 3,600 Russians could leave Latvia soon, says Maira Roze of Latvia’s Citizenship Office. She spoke on TV3 recently. Latvia’s parliament made a law change on August 14. This change lets 8,700 Russians stay for two more years to learn Latvian. Before this law, failing the Latvian language test would cost Russians their residency by […]
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