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A meeting to support education in the Russian language in Latvia was held in Riga yesterday. Several hundreds of people took part in the march of the furious parents. They came out to the streets of the Latvian capital carrying banners – Raimonds Vejonis is an Oath-breaker and a traitor of the Latvian people! Russians do not give in! We will not forget, we will not forgive! The Language reorganization is Discrimination of Education. Participants were holding St. George’s ribbon of several meters long, which served as a symbol of people’s unity.
The march started near the Porokhovaya (Gunpower) Tower and went along the city center towards the Presidential Palace. The participants were beating the drums hoping that they will be finally heard by the authorities and were shouting out loudly - the Russian schools are here to stay!
According to one of the leaders of the headquarters for protection of the Russian schools Alexander Gaponenko, the march was organized against the decision of the Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis to shift all schools into the education in the Latvian language.
As per the Russkiy Mir Foundation, on Monday, April 2, the head of the Latvian Republic finally approved the amendments to the law on education in Latvia stipulating transition of all schools’ curriculum into the state language by 2022.
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