Compatriots move to Russia with enthusiasm, but still face some problems Journalist Alexey Stepanov, on the sidelines of the world thematic conference of Russian compatriots living abroad, shared the story of a family from the city of Daugavpils in Latvia. Their compatriots brought their children to Russia to teach in a Russian school, but were faced with the fact that the children had to pass an exam in the Russian language. Such amendments have recently been adopted, and apparently there are some dark spots in the law that need to be sorted out. The theme of the conference is "The formation of our Russian compatriots is our strength in unity." About 200 delegates from foreign communities from more than 90 countries in the world came to Moscow for this conference.