Integration monitor is a daily Latvian press digest on ethnic minority and society integration issues. The Monitor reviews the biggest Latvian dailies: Diena, Latvijas Avize, Neatkariga (in Latvian language), Vesti Segodnya (in Russian language). In specific cases other information sources are used. Latvian Centre for Human Rights is not responsible for information published by the media.

• Representatives of Russian residents of Latvia will take part in a second World Congress of Russian Compatriots in Sankt-Petersburg
• Vesti Segodnya features an interview with Russias representative in the PACE Natalia Narocnickaya on the results of the Saeima elections in Latvia
• NRA features an interview with the leader of The Concord Centre Nils Usakovs

Vesti Segodnya reports that representatives of several Russian communities in Latvia, as well as journalists, politicians, teachers and academicians will take part in a second World Congress of Russian Compatriots in Sankt-Petersburg, Russia on 24 October. The head of the NGO Russian Community in Latvia Vjaceslavs Altuhovs will report on the situation of Russians in Latvia and problems faced by them.

Vesti Segodnya features an interview with Russias representative in the Parliamentarian Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Natalia Narocnickaya on results of the Saeima elections in Latvia. Mrs. Narocnickaya stated that a comparatively high number of representatives of Russian-speaking minorities in the new Saeima is a positive development.

NRA features an interview with the leader of the political party The Concord Centre Nils Usakovs. Nils Usakovs stated that The Concord Centre and party For Human Rights in United Latvia (FHRUL) are the two parties, which compete in protection of the interests of the Russian speaking electorate. Nils Usakovs also stated that his party would not support a new government if his party has no representation there. As reported, so called pro-Russian parties The Concord Centre got 17 % of votes and FHRUL – 6% in the Saeima elections held on 7 October.