It is sometimes hard to understand that a language can be used solely for the purpose of communication. It's possible to see this phenomenon all across the post-Soviet space, notably in countries like Ukraine and the Baltic States. Latvia's new president-elect, Raimond Vejonis, has decided that he will speak in Russian with Russian media sources. Despite some push back from the Latvian political elite, Vejonis, who is half-Russian, half-Latvian but a native Latvian speaker, believes that speaking Russian will help integrate Latvian-Russians into Latvian society and help to explain Latvia and the EU's point of view concerning Russia's recent policy choices. -This is a solid intermediate article about a subject that is very important in the Baltic States.

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