Latvian referendum is not the last echo of Soviet occupation
20 February 2012, The Lithuania Tribune The referendum on making Russian a second official state language in Latvia failed. Over 77 percent of the nation said no to a plan devised in Kremlin. Latvians emerged as highly public-spirited: as much as 71.49 percent of all voters came to the polls, even more than in the vote on the EU membership. How could it be any other way? The point,...