Today, the Cabinet of Ministers granted Latvian citizenship through naturalization to 103 persons, including 12 minors.
74 percent of the new citizens are ethnic Russians, nine percent - Ukrainians, 16 percent - Belarussians, the rest are Lithuanians, Poles and other nationalities.
17 percent of the newly-naturalized persons have primary education, 54 percent - secondary education, 26 percent - higher education.
Overall, 141,721 persons have been granted Latvian citizenship through naturalization since 1995.
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