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Latvia Monthly: Political Victimhood and Radical Messaging Fuel Tensions Between Communities

In June, Stability! party leader Aleksejs Roslikovs sparked controversy by declaring in Parliament, “There are more of us! We cannot be banned!” – a response to a nationalist proposal to restrict Russian language use. His remarks and viral social media posts were later amplified by pro-Kremlin media, highlighting how domestic tensions can fuel foreign propaganda.

Monthly Reports

September 2023 by Olevs Nikers

Estonia Monthly: Language policy: if Russian would “disappear” in Estonia in the “Latvian way”. 

The Estonian social media and web-based media actors during the reporting month predominantly were focused on the Estonian/Russian language policy issues, human rights issues, democracy and trust towards elected officials, war in Ukraine as well as the international security situation in general. Accordingly, the main narratives that were spread over the social media were the following: 

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