The building of the Russian Embassy in Riga. Archive photoMOSCOW, June 9The Russian Embassy in Latvia called the transfer of all education in the country into the Latvian language discriminatory, and the behavior of the authorities of the republic is hypocritical, since the study of Latvian children abroad is welcomed by their native language.Earlier, the Cabinet of Ministers Latvia approved amendments to the laws on education, providing for the transition of all education in the country to the only state language — Latvian — within three years. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the Latvian authorities, which ban the Russian language, played too much in their politics and lost their reliance on the population, which portends crises in society. jpg» />In Latvia, they proposed to allow the seizure of the property of Russia and Belarus «The interests of children and schoolchildren belonging to Russian-speaking families and interested in learning their native language are once again ignored by the authorities of the country. Discriminatory educational models are being imposed by violent methods: responsible officials were not even embarrassed by the fact that the bill was against almost 4,000 votes were cast (97% of the total number of participants in public discussions),” the diplomatic mission said on its Telegram channel. «Latvietis» in 2016 that in England now, as after the war, many Latvian schools are being created so that Latvian children abroad do not forget their native language. “Following this logic, what is good and welcome for Latvian children in other countries is unacceptable for Russians in Latvia,” the embassy notes. “European Union, 2022. Free choice of educational opportunities? and punitive approaches to their own citizens in Latvia, representing Russian culture,» the diplomatic mission emphasized. About 1.8 million people live in Latvia. Of these, about 40% are Russian-speaking. Latvia has one state language — Latvian. The Russian language has the status of a foreign language.
