More and more countries are joining the flash mob in support of the Russian educational school curriculum in Latvia. Pictures with words of support came from the UK, Bulgaria, Germany, Denmark, Macedonia, Scotland, Turkey, Congo, Chili, Canada and Costa Rica. This is not the full list of the countries where Russian-speaking communities responded to the call for help. The campaign participants are taking pictures with a banner with indication of their city and inscription “We Support Russian Schools in Latvia!”
The flash mob kicked off after the Together with Russia forum in Moscow. The Latvian journalist and active member of the Russian-speaking community Alla Berezovskaya initiated the campaign.
Compatriots from Finland, Greece, Thailand and other countries took part in the campaign.
The flash mob was evoked by actions of the Latvian authorities intending to annihilate the Russian language from their educational system. The Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia is going to shift the school curriculum into the Latvian language starting 2020\21.
Russian-speaking population of Latvia, especially parents of schoolchildren have sharply criticized the law stating that it would lead to the social split and decrease of the overall educational level in the country. Another multi-thousand protest rally with requirement to preserve the Russian schools
was held in the Riga center on March 10.
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