You know the old saying, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". The fact that Latvia was part of Russian empire for 200 hundred years doesn't mean it was a part

You know the old saying, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". The fact that Latvia was part of Russian empire for 200 hundred years doesn't mean it was a part of its own will, just that it was occupied for that long. And since the Russia was an archenemy of Latvia, whoever came fighting against against Russia could only considered as an ally.