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.

• Vesti Segodnya discusses the difficulties to register a child, whose mother is a Latvian non-citizen and father – a Russian citizen
• Representatives of the Latvian Jews Community and the advisor of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Baltic Issues Shabtai Kalmanovitch comment on the recent statements of the Russian Ambassador to Latvia Viktor Kaluznij
• Interview with the Russian politician Dmitry Rogozin
• Andris Teikmanis among possible candidates to the post of the ambassador of Latvia to Russia

Vesti Segodnya continues to write about difficulties to register newborn children whose one parent is a Latvian non-citizen and the other is a citizen of a foreign country with the Register of Residents. According to the effective legislation, officials of the Citizenship and Migration Office refuse to register these newborn children in any status but as citizens of the country whose subject is one of childs parents. Vesti Segodnya follows activities of Sergey Zaharov who challenged the demand of CMOs officials to register his daughter with the Register of Residents in any status but as a Russian citizen with court. The District Administrative Court refused to accept his application, however, he appealed with the Regional Court. Few days age he received its response that his claim is partly satisfied. The newspaper reports that the court ruled the following: firstly, the decision of the CMO to refuse to register the child as a permanent citizen shall be annulled and secondly, petition of Sergey Zaharov to include his daughter in the Register of Residents under the status of a Latvian non-citizen should be declined. MP Boris Tsilevitch states that the decision is anecdotic and is not clear how it could be implemented.

Chas features comments of the representatives of the Latvian Jewish Community Mordechai Glazman and Arkadijs Suharenko and the advisor of the Russian President on Baltic Issues Shabtai Kalmanovitch on the statements of the Russian Ambassador to Latvia Viktor Kaluznij. The Ambassadors statements were evaluated as anti-Semitic by a number of Latvian politicians and historians. The Rabbi of the Riga Synagogue Mordechai Glazman and the Head of the Board of the Jewish Communities in Latvia Arkadijs Suharenko express incomprehension about such statements and state that the Jewish community is still waiting for Ambassadors explanations. While Russias official Shabtai Kalmanovitch says that the Ambassadors statements were misunderstood or they were intentionally misinterpreted.

Vesti Segodnya features an interview with the Russian politician Dmitry Rogozin about the relationship between Russia and Latvia. Dmitry Rogozin stresses that the observation of rights of his compatriots is the top priority of Putins policy. Dmitry Rogozin also argues that Latvia does not comply with the EU standards in the areas of human and minority rights.

Referring to unofficial sources of information,

Referring to unofficial sources of information, Telegraf reports that the Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Andris Teikmanis may be nominated to the post of Latvian ambassador to Russia.