Article: Putin slams Baltics over Russian speakers, suggests he would like third term

Article: EU Party Defends Russian Speakers, THE MOSCOW TIMES
The Moscow Times (Russia);  June 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... years, but also to make the voices of Russian speakers heard in the newly expanded European ... defend the interests of the millions of Russian speakers living in the EU, and particularly ... people living in the country are native Russian speakers, half of whom, or 500,000 people ...

Article: COURTING ISRAEL'S RUSSIAN SPEAKERS CENTRIST PARTY ...
The Boston Globe;  March 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... says, is not only to pull Israel's Russian-speakers to the political center in Tuesday ... the same world, the same people." Russian speakers are the sought-after "soccer moms ... Israel's volatile political system. Russian speakers, usually called Russians even though ...

Article: Russia's accuses Latvia of discriminating ...
AP Worldstream;  March 1, 2004 ;     506 words ... ... Latvia's 2.3 million people are Russian-speakers. "Unfortunately, this legitimate ... complained about the treatment of Russian-speakers in Latvia since 1991, when the Baltic ... citizenship. As of now, about 500,000 Russian-speakers have no Latvian citizenship. Russia ...

Article: Latvia Defends Handling of Russian-Speakers' Rally ...
Xinhua English Newswire;  March 7, 1998 ;     452 words ... ... dispersed a group of mostly elderly Russian-speakers protesting against the high cost of ... the protest by a group of elderly Russian-speakers in the Latvian capital of Riga. The ... recent violation of the rights of Russian-speakers in the Baltic country. A team responsible ...

Article: Russia, OSCE discuss minorities with focus on ...
AP Worldstream;  January 27, 2006 ;     391 words ... ... Estonia of discriminating against Russian-speakers on issues including education, employment ... European Union of failing to ensure Russian-speakers' rights are protected in the two ... of Central Asia, where millions of Russian speakers also live, as well as discussing ...

Article: Russia's foreign minister accuses Latvia of discriminating ...
AP Worldstream;  March 1, 2004 ;     509 words ... ... Latvia's 2.3 million people are Russian-speakers. "Unfortunately, this legitimate ... complained about the treatment of Russian-speakers in Latvia since 1991, when the Baltic ... citizenship. As of now, about 500,000 Russian-speakers have no Latvian citizenship. Russia ...

Article: Russia: Treatment of Russian speakers in Baltics in ...
AP Worldstream;  March 17, 2005 ;     347 words ... ... Worldstream 03-17-2005 Dateline: GENEVA Half of all Russian speakers in the Baltic states of Estonia and Latvia are denied citizenship ... until its collapse in 1991. There are 480,000 stateless Russian speakers in Latvia and 162,000 in Estonia, Fedotov estimated ...