Volume 78 (2021), Edition 3-4

During the 1990s, the Baltic states were considered a potential hotspot of ethnic tension and possible conflict, primarily because of sizeable Russian-speaking populations that had become minorities after the collapse of the Soviet Union. By the...

In Estonia, persons belonging to a national minority must have Estonian citizenship. For most non-Estonians with longstanding territorial ties, this can only be acquired by naturalisation, in particular after successful language and legal...

The politicization of ethnic minority is a common phenomenon despite the fact that its manifestation may differ in different contexts. The configuration of the factors that have an impact on the politicization of ethnic minorities varies in...

Russians’ collective ethno-cultural identity in Latvia is concentrated around the values of the Russian language in the private and public life of this ethnic group. At the same time, nation-building in Latvia is focused on the dominance of the...

This paper provides an overview of the contemporary legal framework of the refugee policy in Russia and illustrates its practical implementation based on the most recent cases of Ukrainian and Syrian forced migration flows. The analysis is based on...