How will changes in the political map of Europe influence relations between this country and Russia?
In regard to Russian-Latvian relations, I support the view that the political leadership of Latvia has to act according to the present reality and events, not prejudices from the times of the Cold War, and should not put a sign of equality between the USSR and Russia today. An approach based on such atavisms will never create a favorable result. The development of the dialogue between the European Union and Russia in regard to the issues of safety and anti-terrorism in general, power safety included, and the development of the dialogue between the United States and Russia considered, it becomes clear that the dialogue between Latvia and Russia is lagging behind these events. I think that the current political situation in Latvia fully allows, without any postponement, to present non-citizents who have spent in Latvia, for example, more than five years with the possibility to be elected at least in local governments. And we have already made an effort to involve non-citizens in the poli
