http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/3081/konstantin-pakhorukov Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 22 May 2026 10:04:35 -0400 Fri, 22 May 2026 10:04:35 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1229/the-problems-of-former-ussr-citizens-in-russian-latvian-relations By Konstantin Pakhorukov - The problem of migration is one of the most urgent ones in the modern world. As a rule, people migrate voluntarily. In the USSR, however, migration against people's free will was quite a widespread phenomenon. Thus, many Russians found themselves in the Baltic Soviet Socialist Republics. The USSR broke up, but the consequences of its disintegration still influence Russian-Latvian relations. About 15 percent of the Latvian population, mostly Russians, have the status of non-citizens and are therefore restricted in their rights compared to ordinary citizens. There are also other difficulties with... Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1229/the-problems-of-former-ussr-citizens-in-russian-latvian-relations