Russia hopes that international observers will see the democratic deficit in Latvia

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia’s clear desire of Latvian civil society to draw the attention of the authoritative international organizations, to include compliance with rights of national minorities, the use of the Russian language in that country. On the 9 February at the briefing said the official Russian Foreign Ministry representative Alyaksandr Lukashevich, commenting on the invitation of Latvian local NGOs, international observers for the upcoming February 18 in Latvia. a referendum on the status of the Russian language. “In spite of the many recommendations of the structures of the Council of Europe, OSCE, UN-official Riga purposefully avoids casting profile national legislation into conformity with modern standards, while attempting to give the international community the illusion of non-discrimination netitul′nogo the population of Latvia. We hope that the presence of the international observers will see continued in Latvia “deficit of democracy” in the linguistic field, as well as in the field of acquiring nationality, “he said.

 

 


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