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United Kingdom ‘Language referendum likely to further Latvian-Russian divide’
Published on 19/02/2012
Latvians have rejected making Russian their second official language. The referendum marks an escalation of long-simmering ethnic tensions between Russian speakers and Latvians wary of losing their national identity.