Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine sent tremendous shockwavesinto Latvian society. The war wasperceived as a personal, brutal attack,with the trauma of the Soviet occupationand the mass deportations, which had never really receded from the public discourse, faring up with unprecedented intensity. The consequences and ripple efects created by the war are still unfolding, and this report will map them in several key dimensions concerning the presence of the Russian language in the Latvian education system and the public sphere, as well as regarding the politics of memory and the past. The developments in these and other dimensions concerning the Russophone community and its identity in Latvia are ongoing, and many outcomes are still unknown. The topics examined here also do not ofer an exhaustive list of the relevant developments since February 2022. However, it is clear that the war has opened a major point of transformation for many debates and political issues that have been important in Latvia for decades. This report will address and contextualise the key events in this regard, with a brief outline of the indicative trends.