TY - BOOK AU - Khalimzoda,Ilkhom TI - The History of the Russian-Language Media and Diasporas in Latvia and Finland PY - 2023///. N1 - 39 N2 - European and Russian media convey different narratives based on differing perceptions. Russian-speakers living in Latvia and Finland, countries adjacent to Russia, have to position and negotiate their sense of identity and belonging as they cope with a flood of contradictory information from Russianlanguage and European sources. Despite many differences, historical parallels between Finland and Latvia can be drawn to propose a history of the Russianlanguage media and Russian diasporas in both lands. This history starts with the Russian conquest of Latvia (1710) and Finland (1809), continues through the Soviet era (1940-1990), and ends with the post-Soviet transformation (1991-2021) UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-d-etudes-comparatives-est-ouest-2022-2-page-153?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -