Comments by "TotalRookie_LV" (@TotalRookie_LV) on "The Collapse of the Baltic Tigers: How did Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania escape ruin?" video.

  1. Spain? Not so sure. Yet I was really surprised when I discovered my country - Latvia, is perfectly comparable to Portugal or even at a bit better position. I guess decades of dictatorship and unnecessary expanses of colonial warfare hurt them just as badly as Soviet occupation impacted us. P.S. Yes, 2008-2009 were really tough. Technically I was not unemployed, but my income drooped over 3 times, from a really good monthly income to basically working for food - the minimal wage of 160 Lats (around twice that in $ - 320 USD).
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  2.  @dimon-livansky  Either tricky or easier, since some portion of Russian speaking people (not just Russians) chose not to become full citizens, they can't vote, thus politicians can pretty much ignore them - those non-citizens do not impact elections.
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