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.

• “Russian Union in Latvia” signed a co-operation agreement with Crimean social-political movement “Russian Unity”
• Latvijas Avize interviews the MP from the nationalists’ union Janis Dombrava

The political party “Russian Union in Latvia” signed a co-operation agreement with Crimean social-political movement “Russian Unity.” The aim of the agreement is to strengthen unity of Russian world, ensure mutual support between political and non-governmental organisations in Crimea and Latvia, and distribute best experience in elaboration of legal acts, administrative governance, and cooperation with civil society. The newspaper notes that leaders of the “Russian Union in Latvia” Tatjana Zdanoka and Miroslavs Mitrofanovs were observers at the referendum on merge of Crimea with Russia in March 2014. Vesti Segodnya

Latvijas Avize interviews the MP from the nationalists’ union Janis Dombrava. According to him, education of ethnic minorities in Latvia functions well as there are Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian and other schools. At the same time, J.Dombrava stresses that Russian language schools should not be the exception and should integrate in the common education system of ethnic minorities. J.Dombrava believes that it is not possible to integrate artificially ethnic Russian residents because almost all information they receive comes from their own sources. Integration should occur through kindergartens, school system and work place – says J.Dombrava. He also tells about summer camps organised by the nationalists’ union for young people aimed at intensive patriotic education and rising up faithful followers of the idea of ethnic Latvian Latvia. J.Dombrava also states that the nationalists’ union is ready to take over the supervision of all the government in Latvia and it has candidates for all the ministers.