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.

• Mayor of Riga Nils Usakovs: Russian speakers criticise the government policies, yet they support Latvia as independent sovereign state 

Latvijas Avize interviewed the Mayor of Riga Nils Usakovs after he returned from the funeral of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow. According to Mr. Usakovs, the murder of Mr. Nemtsov was a shock for everyone – both to the ruling circles and to the opposition. He hopes that the death of Mr. Nemtsov could become a turning point to motivate people to calm down tensions and improve the situation – resolving crisis in the EU-Russia relations and ending the war in Ukraine. Mr. Usakovs believes he does not have the mandate to speak on behalf of all Russian minority in Latvia, yet he is one of the politicians in Latvia who has most contact and communication with Russian speaking residents and thus he is able to make conclusions about their attitudes. He highlights that many Russian speakers are very critical about the government policies, the MPs or ministers and he believes that this is normal and in this sense, minorities are not different from ethnic Latvians. However, it is important that the majority of Russian speakers are support Latvia as independent sovereign state. He believes Russians are much more patriotic than what the modern myths allege. Regarding the forthcoming presidential election in the Saeima, Mr. Usakovs emphasised that the "Concord Centre" is an opposition party and thus it will have to choose between candidates put forward by other parties and he does not rule out support to the incumbent Andris Berzins.