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.

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The Latvian Company Register has again refused to register an extreme and radical Liepaja City organisation, officially under the name of Russian National Unity in Latvia, as documentation is still insufficient and the organisation’s name is also still the same as another located in Russia. The Company Register reports that the so-called Barkashovtsi group has still not changed its name, the same as an anti-Latvian organisation in Russia, which was also a reason for previously refusing the application. The Latvian Company Register reports that the organisation in Russia is an extreme radical organisation working against the sovereignty of Latvia.

The Latvian Company Register has again refused to register an extreme and radical Liepaja City organisation, officially under the name of Russian National Unity in Latvia, as documentation is still insufficient and the organisations name is also still the same as another located in Russia. The Company Register reports that the so-called Barkashovtsi group has still not changed its name, the same as an anti-Latvian organisation in Russia, which was also a reason for previously refusing the application. The Latvian Company Register reports that the organisation in Russia is an extreme radical organisation working against the sovereignty of Latvia. Respublika

Yesterday publishing house Vieda director A.Garda announced that the book “We do not Give Latvia to Anyone” has been re-published.

Yesterday publishing house Vieda director A.Garda announced that the book We do not Give Latvia to Anyone has been re-published. Vesti Segodnja writes Garda keeps propagating hatred between the nations although the official institutions – the Prime Minister, the heads of Latvian top security agencies, General Prosecutor Office, as well as Russia and OSCE – had expressed their disapproving opinion about the book and essay contest.

Yesterday the Minister of Welfare A.Pozharnovs admitted that the work at singing agreements with Russia has stopped. The stumbling stone is the requirement to re-calculate pensions for non-citizens. The Ministry of Welfare was charged to carry out calculations whether the gains from other agreements with Russia would cover the losses generated by the re-calculation of pensions, however, neither the ministry nor ruling coalition seems to be in a hurry.

Yesterday the Minister of Welfare A.Pozharnovs admitted that the work at singing agreements with Russia has stopped. The stumbling stone is the requirement to re-calculate pensions for non-citizens. The Ministry of Welfare was charged to carry out calculations whether the gains from other agreements with Russia would cover the losses generated by the re-calculation of pensions, however, neither the ministry nor ruling coalition seems to be in a hurry. Chas, Respublika

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publishes an article about the Russian Party and talks with its leader M.Gavrilovs. The Party has 400 members and its ideology is based on the fundamental value of Russian culture – orthodoxy. I am very disappointed that Latvians Russians associate with such persons as T.Zhdanok, A.Rubiks and J.Jurkans. These people are cosmopolitans and internationalists and they protect the rights of Russian-speakers, not Russians. M.Gavrilovs considers that FHRUL should be blamed for having 2 disintegrated communities in Latvia. publishes an article about the Russian Party and talks with its leader M.Gavrilovs. The Party has 400 members and its ideology is based on the fundamental value of Russian culture – orthodoxy. “I am very disappointed that Latvians Russians associate with such persons as T.Zhdanok, A.Rubiks and J.Jurkans. These people are cosmopolitans and internationalists and they protect the rights of Russian-speakers, not Russians”. M.Gavrilovs considers that FHRUL should be blamed for having 2 disintegrated communities in Latvia.