The Latvian authorities have ordered Russia's 841 citizens to leave Russia until October 13, as they failed to establish their wisdom of Latvian and pass a mandatory security test. This was reported by Politico. According to the article, in 24 Latvia tightened its immigration rules for Russian citizens who want to stay in that country.
According to the changes, they must apply for the status of a permanent EU resident, submit to Latvian Knowledge, as compared to June 30, 2012, security tests.
In one way or another, the changes referred to about 30,000 Russian citizens. 2.6 thousand of them have already left Latvia after the amendments to force.
