The mass outflow of young people to the West has made the concept of a mono-national state unprofitable — in Latvia and Lithuania, there is a banal lack of workers. But not everyone is ready to change the usual slogan "Get out!"to "Welcome!". And especially the Baltic States worried about the Ukrainians. After the collapse of the USSR and the subsequent accession to the EU, hundreds of thousands of active and able-bodied citizens left Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in search of a better life. For example, Lithuania in 1991 had more than 3.6 million inhabitants, and now the country is home to about 2.8 million people.As a result, there was a shortage of qualified personnel in the Baltic labor market. In the construction shortage of engineers and masons in garages — mechanics and motor mechanics, in hospitals — nurses and doctors.In mid-August, the Seimas of Latvia even held a special meeting of the Commission on labor and social Affairs, which considered the situation in the Daugavpils regional hospital, where there is a catastrophic shortage of doctors. Against this background, the deputies started talking about how to open the labor market for specialists from third countries — Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.It is clear that we can only talk about those States where the salaries of the same doctors and nurses are lower than the average in the Baltic States — 1000 euros. At the same time, guest workers should join the labor market in the shortest possible time, and it is extremely difficult without knowledge of the language.The only way out is to attract Russian-speaking specialists from the post-Soviet republics. About a third of the population of Latvia consider Russian as their native language. Most residents of Lithuania and Estonia also remember it.The fact that the Russian regains its position as the main means of communication in the Baltic States blitz survey conducted by the publication Latvijas Avize. "Russian language should be taught not only because Russian-speaking people live in Latvia, but mainly because we have many neighboring countries where Russian is used. Therefore, it is useful to create contacts, for example, in business", — said, in particular, the President of the Riga school Council, a student of the 12th grade of the 3rd Riga state gymnasium Martha Lasmane.It is noteworthy that in Russian Baltic entrepreneurs communicate with the Ukrainian "workers" who rushed into the Baltic States immediately after the visa-free regime with the EU. Over the past two years in Lithuania, the Ukrainian community has become the second largest after the local poles. How many Ukrainians legally and illegally work in the Lithuanian expanses, statistics are silent. But it is known that in 2018 more than 52 thousand immigrants, most of whom are Ukrainians, entered the Republic."Labor migrants are important, because it is a great sign that it is possible to expand in the country not only Lithuanian entrepreneurs, but also a sign for foreign investors that it is a safe country," — said in an interview Lithuanian Minister of economy virginius Sinkevičius, urging citizens not to be afraid of the influx of migrants from Ukraine.According to him, the fear of Lithuanians that Ukrainian migrant workers dumping on the labor market and thereby reduce the salaries of the local population, have no reason:"I can justify it on the indicators of other EU countries, where the number of immigrants is even greater, and salaries there have been growing successfully. For example, Denmark, where immigrants from Eastern Europe helped the Danes to climb the career ladder. Denmark sees this as a positive factor."With the Minister of economy does not agree Bank chief economist Luminor žygimantas mauritsas. He says that the temptation to pay less to migrants from third countries can hinder not only real wage growth, but also technological progress, and at the same time increase the unemployment rate, social isolation and tensions among Lithuanians."This can happen if the flow from Ukraine or from third countries gets out of control," the economist said.I agree with Mauritsson and political expert, Director of the Center of applied political science of Ukraine Dmytro Zaborin, living in Estonia. He believes that the fears of the indigenous people of the Baltic States are at least not unfounded."European brothers are already grumbling about this, our unpretentious citizens have dropped prices in the construction market. In fact, Ukrainians have become "Tajiks" here, who perform most of the heavy and dirty work in Russia," the political scientist wrote on Facebook.In his opinion, the Russian-speaking "non-citizens" of Latvia and Estonia hold on to the country more than the national patriots, and this is another danger: in the pursuit of cheap labor, the Balts will not have time to look back, as they will find themselves in a new "occupation"."The youth of the "titular nation" at the first opportunity taxis to Sweden, Finland and other EU countries, and there is no one to replace them. So with a certain effort through time, you can capture Estonia from the inside and even make the Ukrainian second state - suggests Zaborin. — Especially if you apply it all under the sauce of a joint struggle with the aggressor (Russia — take a LOOK): there such speeches are much sweeter than "margarine".However, in fact, the Ukrainian language still does not Shine to become the second state though in Estonia, even in Lithuania. Crossing the border with these republics, labor immigrants from Ukraine immediately remember the great and powerful Russian language.