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...Vike-Freiberga, Latvia’s first female president and a Spring 2008 fellow at the Institute of Politics, said that after years of subjugation at the hands of the Soviet Union, Latvians have come to cherish their independence...
...fact, when asked whether Latvia’s geopolitical interests align more with Western Europe or Russia in the post-Putin era, Vike-Freiberga said that “there is not even a question...
...Vike-Freiberga added that Latvia should join with Estonia and Lithuania, its fellow Baltic nations, to find a common energy policy in order to reduce Latvia’s severe dependency on Russia for oil and natural gas, and that potential solutions may involve nuclear power and other alternatives to fossil fuels...
...Vike-Freiberga noted that while Latvia has shared history with its other Baltic states, they are not necessarily the same in all respects...
Describing her tenure in office, which lasted from 1999 to 2007, Vike-Freiberga said that increasing Latvia’s international recognition and removing Russian troops from Latvian territory were her two greatest challenges...