"当然我们害怕。我们是人。"伊娜拉·卡莱亚在拉脱维亚首都里加的一个投票站接受《世界报》采访时说道。
"Of course we're afraid. We are human beings," said Inara Kaleja, who spoke with Le Monde at a polling station in Riga, the Latvian capital.
为更新塞伊马——这个波罗的海国家的一院制议会——的选举于9月28日周一开始，定于10月3日周六结束。
Elections to renew the Saeima – the Baltic state's unicameral parliament – began on Monday, September 28, and are set to end on Saturday, October 3.
71岁的卡莱亚是一名前时装设计师，刚刚把选票投给了保守派的国家联盟。"他们捍卫我们的边境。他们想让我们变强，维护我们的民族认同。对我来说，这至关重要，尤其是现在俄罗斯在威胁我们。"
Kaleja, 71, a former fashion designer, had just cast her ballot for the conservative National Alliance. "They defend our borders. They want to strengthen us, to maintain our national identity. For me, that's essential, especially now that the Russians are threatening us."
她回忆起国家被苏联占领的岁月，以及1986年至1991年她参与的独立斗争。"我非常了解俄罗斯人。所以是的，我害怕。我们必须保卫自己。"
She recalled the years when the country was occupied by the Soviet Union, and the struggle for independence from 1986 to 1991, in which she took part. "I know the Russians well. So yes, I'm afraid. We must defend ourselves."