The Parliament of Latvia today finally passed amendments requiring a Latvian language exam for Russian citizens to maintain residency rights in the country, according to Delfi. The requirements of the previous amendments applied only to Russian citizens who received permanent residence permits under the immigration law that came into force in May 2003. It was about a little more than 25 thousand people. Russian citizens who obtained a permanent residence permit under the law On the Entry and Stay in the Republic of Latvia of Foreigners and Stateless Persons, which expired in 2003, were not aff…