From January 1, 2026, Latvia is set to prohibit the teaching of Russian as a second foreign language in schools.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7224815

From January 1, 2026, Latvia is set to prohibit the teaching of Russian as a second foreign language in schools.

Starting the same date, Russian-language TV and radio broadcasting will be banned in state media. Additionally, the VAT on sales of Russian-language books will increase to 21%.

These measures aim to reduce the presence of the Russian language and strengthen the role of the Latvian language in society.

Russian is the native language for 36% of Latvians.[1]

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language_in_Latvia ↩︎

  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
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    26 days ago

    So you think a “good” minority have to assimilate and if they don’t want to they need to be forced to? This is precisely what the cultural genocide is.

    • Tangentism@lemmy.ml
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      25 days ago

      They migrated to Latvia, or any of the Baltic countries as part of Russian programs to asset dominance over satellite Soviet states. Similar to how China flooded Tibet with Han population and the British did in Northen Ireland.

      Latvia isnt banning them speaking Russian but putting Latvia as the primary language in their own country when its been sidelined for decades.