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2025-01-03 05:32:17 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 874A930B14EDA265F4C0DDA719BAFBF9D62F54DBF93895FD958E12609CF18740
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Cancelling a residence permit because someone can't or won't abide by its requirements is not ethnic cleansing https://www.britannica.com/topic/ethnic-cleansing Russian citizens seeking to maintain permanent residency permits in Latvia have to prove proficiency in Latvian at a minimum level of A2 (basic conversational) https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/20.06.2024-more-russians-will-have-to-take-latvian-language-exam.a558833/ https://www.baltictimes.com/court_rules_that_requirement_for_latvian_language_for_russian_citizens_is_constitutional/
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