Russia has long accused Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia of discriminating against Russian-speaking residents Russia is set to take Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia to the UN’s top court over the systematic crackdown on Russian-speakers, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has announced, adding that the pre-trial phase of the dispute is coming to an end. Moscow has for years sounded the alarm over the three former Soviet republics, which it accuses of restricting the rights of the Russian-