Presumably for a
>surreal effect, SBS tied this in at the end of a piece on how Russians in
>Latvia are feeling themselves to be a minority and are organising protests.
>I thought the story had a distinctive 'boot in the other foot' spin, which
>was very misplaced and anachronistic.
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Yup. Russians in the Baltics are treated horribly. I just LOVE when the EU
berates Russia for lapses in democracy when something like 40% of the
population of the Baltics don't have citizenship and can't vote.
Hardy-har-har. The Baltics are a very fucked-up, proto-fascist place.
When Volkova was asked "how do you like Riga?" in the TV interview she answered, "It's a pretty shitty city."
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