…Because it’s much more palatable than the alternative to returning to Moscow’s rule.  This exclusive translation comes from forum.msk.ru, and state propaganda news channel RussiaToday is also having fun with the news.

Latvians asking Sweden to occupy them
2008.12.10

Inhabitants of Latvia have placed a petition on the site petitiononline.com addressed to the Swedish state with a request to occupy their country, give Latvians Swedish citizenship, as well as reporting on their readiness to pay taxes and comply with the laws of Sweden.
The petition is presented in two languages: Latvian and English. Below is cited the Russian translation of the text [We’ll first give you our translation of the Russian translation, followed by the original Latvian and English texts, so you can see for yourself just how accurately they were translated into Russian–Trans.]: