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.

• The Security Police does not rule out the possibility that in the future some Latvian Muslims may join Islamic terrorists
• Discussion about Old Believers’ community in Latvia conducted in Riga
• Jakovs Pliners (Russian Union of Latvia) claims that government for desire to liquidate Russian language schools

Vesti Segodnya reports that the Security Police does not rule out the possibility that in the future some Latvian Muslims may join terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. At the same time, the SP does not have information about Latvian residents who may go to Iraq and Syria with an aim to take part in the military activities and those who may join terrorists.

Vesti Segodnya prints an article on discussion about Old Believers’ community in Latvia conducted in Riga. Participants mentioned several factors which endanger the Old Believers’ community: attempts to liquidate education in Russian language as their religion is closely tied to Russian; decline of the number of young people and residents of Latgale (eastern Latvian region) as significant part of the Old Believers traditionally resided there; lack of financial support from government as compared with other traditional confessions; and aggressive political discourse of the politicians of the nationalists’ union towards ethnic minorities.

One of the leaders of the political party Russian Union of Latvia Jakovs Pliners prints an article in Vesti Segodnya criticizing government’s plans to transfer almost all content of education in minority schools into Latvian language. J.Pliners believes that such reform is aimed at liquidation of Russian language schools in Latvia and humiliation of Russian speaking residents.