Pro-Russia Party wins Latvian elections...will Latvia leave the EU and NATO?

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45774578

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I believe Latvia's exit from the EU and NATO is imminent, and Putin will invade if it doesn't happen.

What do you think?

Harmony has been a largest party in Latvian parliament for a long time (it has, actually, lost both the vote share and a seat this time), and it will neither enter the government after this election, nor will it advocate withdrawal from EU or NATO. And, of course, the only way Putin would invade Latvia is if it were to withdraw.

Next time you want to write a completely clueless post, would you mind choisng something nobody here knows anything about - something about bivalve moluscs should work.

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I don't know anything about Latvia's internal politics (well, I do a little now...but I'm sure I'll forget), but you don't have to know anything about Latvia's internal politics to know that the idea Putin would invade if a country didn't leave NATO is just silly on it's face.

Putin would probably reward Latvia in some way if they did leave NATO/the EU.

Short of nuking Moscow, St. Petersburg and Voronezh there is nothing Putin can do for mainstream Latvian politicians to consider that a worthwhile reward.

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This all reminds me an old Soviet joke. April 12th, 1961, a Latvian guy is standing next to his farmstead, a postman is passing by with the news: "Valdis, have you heard, Russians went into space!" To which Valdis responds (with a hopefull intonation in his voice): "All of them?!"

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Why are you such a @@/$ about it. He is trying to get insight and inform us of these events. You could have stated the reality instead of offending him.

Well, yeah, I am a dickhead and do not feel it is a problem. Do you?

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This all reminds me an old Soviet joke. April 12th, 1961, a Latvian guy is standing next to his farmstead, a postman is passing by with the news: "Valdis, have you heard, Russians went into space!" To which Valdis responds (with a hopefull intonation in his voice): "All of them?!"

I've heard it too, except instead of Latvian guys you had Polish guys. I suppouse this joke has been present in all Eastern Bloc.

I am pretty sure most neighbours would be willing to let Russians colonise Mars: as long as it can be made certain there is no way any of them come back.