FSRN Referendum on Russian Language in Latvia is Defeated
Channel: Reddebrek
Date: 23/02/2012

In Latvia, voters overwhelmingly rejected a referendum that would have made Russian an official state language alongside Latvian. Ethnic Russians in Latvia, who initiated the ballot, say they face discrimination in employment and in the criminal justice system because of language barriers. But despite voters' emphatic rejection of the proposal, language politics is set to remain a powder keg issue in the future. FSRN's Ben Seeder reports from Riga.

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