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.

• Minister of Justice ordered the Register of Enterprises to evaluate activities of the political party Russian Union in Latvia
• Minister of Justice promised to prosecute Latvian residents who take part in the military actions in the Eastern Ukraine

The Minister of Justice Gaidis Berzins ordered the Register of Enterprises to evaluate whether activities of the political party Russian Union in Latvia contradicts the Criminal Law, other legal acts and party’s aims written in its statutes. According to Latvijas Avize, there are several reasons to check the activities of the party.  For instance, the fact that its leaders took part in the meeting of in a movement “Sutj Vremeni” (Essence of Time) which aims to restore the USSR and supported annexation of Crimea by Russia and self-proclaimed Eastern Ukrainian republics.

Diena reports that the Minister of Justice Gaidis Berzins promised the Ukrainian Minister of Justice to prosecute Latvian residents who take part in the military actions in the Eastern Ukraine on the side of separatists. As reported, it is known that at least three residents of Latvia fight on the side Eastern Ukrainian separatists. These persons revealed themselves through a video published on the Internet calling other Latvian men also to join them.