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Since the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war, the tensions between ethnic Russians and Baltic governments have exacerbated. We explore the historical background, changing attitudes, and controversial policies targeting Russian minorities. And while the Baltic governments argue for security reasons, these measures have drawn criticism from the UN for potential human rights violations.
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1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russification
2 - https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Northern-War
3 - https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/81098/ssoar-balticreg-2022-2-simonyan-The_Russian-speaking_diaspora_in_the.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y&lnkname=ssoar-balticreg-2022-2-simonyan-The_Russian-speaking_diaspora_in_the.pdf
4 - https://www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/Assets/Documents/updates/LSE-IDEAS-Russian-Diaspora-Baltic-States.pdf
5 - https://jamestown.org/program/non-citizenship-issue-in-baltic-countries-passing-from-the-scene/
6 - https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294283/russian-citizens-living-in-europe-2021-by-country/
7 - Extreme Economies, Richard Davies
8 - https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/21/latvia-is-going-on-offense-against-russian-culture/
9 - https://www.politico.eu/article/united-nations-experts-latvia-russian-language-minorities/
10 - https://estonianworld.com/knowledge/estonias-russian-schools-to-switch-to-estonian-language-schooling/
11 - https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/02/latvia-un-experts-concerned-about-severe-curtailment-minority-language
12 - https://news.yahoo.com/latvias-russian-diaspora-face-tests-140859885.html
13 - https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/baltic-states-are-perpetuating-the-myth-of-the-soviet-occupation/
14 - https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/recurring-pro-kremlin-rhetoric-linking-baltic-states-with-nazism/
15 - https://cepa.org/article/why-latvia-must-engage-its-russian-minority/
16 - https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/21/latvia-is-going-on-offense-against-russian-culture/
17 - https://www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/Assets/Documents/updates/LSE-IDEAS-Russian-Diaspora-Baltic-States.pdf
18 - Extreme Economies, Richard Davies
19 - https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-rights-child
20 - https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=37298
00:00 Introduction
01:01 History
02:59 The Tensions between the Baltics and the Russian Minorities
03:46 How Things Got Worse since Ukraine
04:46 Are These Policies Justifiable?
