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==== Latvia ==== <!-- Latvia does not consider itself to have been part of the USSR. Its stance is supported by EU -->
In [[Latvia]], citizenship, usage of mother tongue, and ethnic-based discrimination are the most acute problems for [[Russians in Latvia|its Russian minority]]. Currently, half of the Russian-speaking community of Latvia are Latvian citizens, while the other half do not have citizenship of any country in the world. They form the unique legal category of "Latvian non-citizens". In some spheres their status is similar to that of citizens of Latvia (for example, in receive consular support abroad), while in some spheres they have fewer rights
The Russian minority in Latvia is on the decline due to emigration and the negative birth rate. The death rate among Russians in Latvia is higher than that of Latvians in Latvia and Russians in Russia, in part due to the unfavourable social conditions that have come about in Latvian cities following the enforced destruction of the industrial economy in the beginning of the 1990s.
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