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.

• Public opinion survey: neither of the governing coalitions parties would get into the Saeima if the elections were held in January
• www.latvia.lv: most of Latvias Russians arrived as a result of the Soviet occupation, many of them take a different view regarding the countrys future and do not wish to recognise Latvian as the countrys sole official language
• National-radical Ivo Rubins: non-citizens should be repatriated

According to the latest public opinion survey held by the market and social research company “Latvijas fakti”, neither of the governing coalition’s parties would get into the Saeima if the elections were held in January. Only opposition parties would be able to overcome the 5% threshold: 9% of Latvian citizens would vote for the Concord Centre and 5,1% - for the New Era. 17,8% of respondents would not participate in the elections. Also, according to public opinion survey, 64,3% of Latvian citizens would vote for dissolution of the Saeima if the issue was put on a referendum.

According to the latest public opinion survey held by the market and social research company Latvijas fakti, neither of the governing coalitions parties would get into the Saeima if the elections were held in January. Only opposition parties would be able to overcome the 5% threshold: 9% of Latvian citizens would vote for the Concord Centre and 5,1% - for the New Era. 17,8% of respondents would not participate in the elections. Also, according to public opinion survey, 64,3% of Latvian citizens would vote for dissolution of the Saeima if the issue was put on a referendum. Telegraf, Diena

Vesti Segodnya reports that English version of internet site www.latvia.lv administrated by the Institute of Latvia contains a section on ethnic minorities in Latvia according to which most of Latvias Russian population consists of immigrants who arrived recently as a result of the Soviet occupation, and unfortunately, many of them take a different view regarding the countrys future and do not wish to recognise Latvian as the countrys sole official language.

Vesti Segodnya reports that ethnic Latvian national-radical Ivo Rubins in his article, published on nationalistic internet site www.nacionalisti.lv, states that non-citizens residing in Latvia are not loyal towards the state and, therefore, should be repatriated. Ivo Rubins considers non-citizens as colonists and states that ethnic Latvians should not tolerate these people in their country.