In Latvia, fresh fears of aggression as Kremlin warns about Russian minorities

U.S. soldiers drive a Stryker armored personal carrier during NATO's Steadfast Javelin II military exercise in Lielvarde, Latvia, Sept. 6 , 2014. Hundreds of soldiers, vehicles and aircraft from nine countries took part in a NATO military exercise on the alliance's eastern front. (Valda Kalnina/EPA)

By Michael Birnbaum September 27 at 9:13 PM

RIGA, Latvia — As top Kremlin officials have sounded ominous new warnings that they will defend ethnic Russians wherever they live, Latvia, the NATO nation with the highest proportion of Russians, is feeling like it is in the crosshairs.
In Latvia, Fresh Fears of Aggression as Kremlin Warns About Russian Minorities by Thavam