Mitrofanov: in Latvia the events in Ukraine lights in anti-Russian key
The population of Latvia by using the official imposing trying to get to perceive the events in Ukraine in anti-Russian key, said in an interview Last news, one of the leaders of the Russian Union of Latvia Miroslav Mitrofanov.
" The official propaganda in Latvia too, and it imposes the obligation to perceive events in anti-Russian. Most of the months in a row Latvian media primitive translated and broadcast press releases, created by Ukrainian authorities. Without opponents and Without mitigation terminology, " said Mitrofanov.
according to him, in spite of this, the majority of Russian-speaking residents of Latvia supports the position of Russia in the Ukrainian crisis, and at the same time, Latvians mostly adhere to the anti-Russian position.
" It is impossible to say, because it changed the perception of Latvians, but the Latvian public generally supports Western, anti-Russian approach. In this part of Latvians and most Russian-speaking sympathetic to Russia and condemns the role of the West in the Ukrainian events, " said Mitrofanov.
in Latvia there are 2 million people. Of these, About 40% of the population. In Latvia there is only one state language - Latvian. English has the status of a foreign language. About 319 thousand inhabitants of Latvia are non-citizens is the predominant Russian-speaking Population, which continuously resident in the Republic, but has no voting rights.
Full text of the interview with Miroslav Mitrofanov read on the Internet mission Last news www. The Ria. EN.
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