You could have googled the same exact question and got your answer right away.
After the fall of the soviet union people either moved back to their ethnic homelands or went West in search of more money and a better life, because they were finally free to do so.
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Source: [https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/latvia-population/](https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/latvia-population/)
You could have googled the same exact question and got your answer right away.
After the fall of the soviet union people either moved back to their ethnic homelands or went West in search of more money and a better life, because they were finally free to do so.