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Estonian parliamentarians opposed the complete transition of education into Estonian. This issue was discussed at today's meeting for two hours, Sputnik information agency reports.
For the first time in a long time, the number of votes “against” on the issue of transferring Russian schools and preschool institutions to the state language exceeded the number of votes “for”. The total estonization of education was supported by 32 deputies, 44 deputies opposed, 21 deputies were absent during the vote.
The bill was initiated by the Estonian Reform Party. It proposed introducing a single Estonian-language education and changing a number of laws for this.
Russkiy Mir reported that the Russian Foreign Ministry previously expressed concern about the situation in which the Russian-speaking education in Estonia found itself. Authorities have already “successfully” dealt with the liquidation of higher education in Russian, the MFA’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova said. The signs of the beginning of the campaign to destroy Russian schools are becoming more noticeable today. At the same time, Tallinn is trying to cover up the transition of all schools into the state language by the idea of the so-called unified school.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called on relevant international structures to objectively evaluate the course taken by Estonia towards discrimination against the Russian-speaking population.
Russkiy Mir
