sentences:  During the Soviet period, it dominated the Russian-language newspapers market in Latvia together with the Latvian Komsomol daily "Sovetskaya Molodëzh"' (Soviet Youth).In 1975, its circulation was 107,500 copies.During the late 1980s, "Sovetskaya Latviya" expressed an editorial line critical of the movement for re-establishing Latvia's independence, reflecting the stance of the Communist Party leadership around Alfrēds Rubiks.