1.   One of the candidates for the Republican nomination for president, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said he supported granting citizenship to the child.

2.   But President Aleksander Kwasniewski, whose powers include granting citizenship, has instead said he would publicize the existing right of exiles to individually apply for restoration of citizenship.

3.   He believes the current laws are more than reasonable and that granting citizenship to children who may not speak Latvian is going too far.

4.   The law specifically rules out granting citizenship to the thousands of former Red Army soldiers who have retired in the former Soviet state.

5.   The law specifically rules out granting citizenship to the thousands of former Red Army soldiers who have retired in the country.