Category: Ministry of the Interior

Security Police annual report for 2017 (excerpts), 2018

2. Protection of the constitutional order 2.1. Russia’s compatriot policy (..) 2.1.2. Manifestations of compatriot policy in Latvia (..) A range of other Russian compatriot organisations and individual activists also remained relatively active in 2017: (..) A number of humanitarian-oriented organisations, for example the “Culture Development Fund”, which handed out Saint George Ribbons at the … Continue reading "Security Police annual report for 2017 (excerpts), 2018"

Distribution of Latvia’s residents by nationality (excerpt), 2018

Date=01.01.2018 Nationality Number Citizen of Latvia 1,784,285 “Non-citizen of Latvia” 233,393 Citizen of Russia 54,684 Citizen of Ukraine 7045 Citizen of Lithuania 4958 Citizen of Belarus 3194 Citizen of Germany 2554 Citizen of Uzbekistan 1614 Citizen of India 1328 Citizen of Estonia 1214 Citizen of China 1098 Citizen of the UK 970 Citizen of Sweden … Continue reading "Distribution of Latvia’s residents by nationality (excerpt), 2018"

Security Police annual report for 2013 (excerpts), 2014

2. Protection of constitutional order (..) 2.2. Indications of the implementation of Russian compatriot policy in Latvia (..) The activities of Aleksandr Gaponenko (..) He also attempted to popularise the opinion of alleged “discrimination of ethnic minorities” in Latvia. Before the events of 16 March, A. Gaponenko together with Nikolaj Kabanov, the deputy of the … Continue reading "Security Police annual report for 2013 (excerpts), 2014"