Analytics, Baltic States – CIS, Education and Science, Latvia, Society

Researcher Mara Laizane explained that minority youth "feel they belong, in the country where they live" and are planning their future here. Even those planning higher education degrees abroad, say they will return.

A convincing majority of minority children are currently attending Russian schools (instruction language: Russian). Interesting to note that significant numbers do not consider themselves "Russian", and believe "Russians" are "citizens of Russia."

Most often the youngsters identify themselves as a "Latvia's Russian-speaker." Indeed, they told researchers that they find that they are "different from Russia's Russians."

The survey also notes that those children in Latvia, who consider and call themselves Russian, do so due to "family tradition and the historical context."