Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Latvia ta ɗauki matsayin cewa ba ta buƙatar bin tsarin rabuwa da aka tsara a cikin kundin tsarin mulkin Soviet, yana mai jayayya cewa tunda haɗuwa ba ta da doka kuma ba ta da tsarin mulki, kawai tana sake tabbatar da 'yancin kai wanda har yanzu ya wanzu a ƙarƙashin dokar ƙasa da ƙasa. Koyaya, ikon tsakiya a Moscow ya ci gaba da kallon Latvia a matsayin jamhuriya ta Soviet a 1990<unk>1991. A watan Janairun 1991, sojojin siyasa da sojoji na Soviet
ba tare da nasara ba ya yi kokarin kifar da hukumomin Jamhuriyar Latvia ta hanyar mamaye babban gidan buga littattafai a Riga da kuma kafa Kwamitin Ceto na Kasa don kwace ayyukan gwamnati. A lokacin lokacin wucewa Moscow ta ci gaba da yawancin hukumomin jihar Soviet a Latvia. Duk da wannan, kashi saba'in da uku na dukan mazauna Latvia sun tabbatar da goyon bayansu mai ƙarfi ga 'yancin kai a ranar 3 ga Maris, 1991, a cikin wani ƙuri'a ta ba da shawara da ba ta da muhimmanci. Yawancin 'yan kabilar Rasha ma sun zabi wannan shawara. Jamhuriyar Latvia ta ayyana ƙarshen lokacin wucewa kuma ta dawo da cikakken 'yancin kai a ranar 21 ga Agusta 1991 bayan yunƙurin juyin mulkin Soviet da ya gaza. Latvia, da Lithuania da Estonia sun daina kasancewa cikin sassan USSR watanni hudu kafin Tarayyar Soviet kanta ta daina wanzuwa (Disamba 26, 1991). Ba da daɗewa ba, a ranar 6 ga Satumba, USSR ta amince da 'yancin kai na jihohin Baltic uku. Jamhuriyar Latvia ta yau da sauran jihohin Baltic suna ɗaukar kansu a matsayin ci gaba na doka na ƙasashe masu ikon mallaka waɗanda farkon wanzuwar su ta fara tun daga 1918 <unk> 1940, kuma ba ta yarda da duk wata alaƙa ta doka da tsohuwar Latvia SSR wanda aka mamaye kuma aka haɗa shi cikin USSR 1940 <unk> 1941 da 1944 <unk> 1991. Tun bayan samun 'yancin kai, an dakatar da Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Latvian SSR, kuma wasu manyan jami'an Latvian SSR sun fuskanci gurfanarwa saboda rawar da suka taka a cikin cin zarafin haƙƙin ɗan adam daban-daban a lokacin mulkin Latvian SSR. Daga baya Latvia ta shiga NATO da Tarayyar Turai a shekara ta 2004.