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Strasbourg: Latvia discriminates against Russian pensioners
Published: 19 February, 2009, 13:51
Edited: 20 December, 2009, 03:44
The European Court on Human Rights has ruled that Latvian pension law discriminates against people who worked outside the republic during Soviet times.
There is no discrimination. If the Pro-Russian people have a problem with life in Latvia, they can go and live in Russia, where they are free to speak as much Russian as they like. The fact is that the pensioners who are being "discriminated" against, have lived in Latvia for a very long time, and have simply not bothered to learn the national language. I guess it is coming full circle now. Russia occupied Latvia by force for over half a century. The Russians that remain in Latvia (even after Latvia gained her independence) deny that there was ever an occupation, are barracking for a return to Russian as the national language, and would like to see the Russian flag flying from buildings in Latvia. Backlash? I fail to see what the Russians are doing to promote good relations with Latvia.
Simply put, ANTI-RUSSIAN DISCRIMINATION IS COMMON IN THE BALTIC NATIONS! As I said about 2 years ago, this is probably a backlash against the Soviet Union days. Ofcourse, this does not promote good relations with Russia.