According to the Russian Union of Latvia, official Riga must recognize the right of Russian-speaking population of the country to get education in their native language. Miroslav Mitrofanov, one of the party’s leaders, states that this is the very purpose of the protest rally scheduled for October 5. The politician is sure that the authorities have to be shown that the Russians do not surrender, they will never agree to elimination of education in Russian, TASS reports.
Miroslav Mitrofanov believes that elimination of education in Russian is a disaster. There is no doubt that as a result, children from Russian-speaking families will not be able to compete in the labor market. Russian residents of the Baltic republic have the right to education, as well as right to a decent life in their country.
Let us recall that the ruling coalition of Latvia approved the proposal to introduce education in Latvian in all kindergartens of the country. Its authors are members of “All for Latvia!”, a nationalist association. Earlier this idea was supported by Krišjānis Kariņš, the head of the government of Latvia.
Mitrofanov called on all concerned people to join the protests. According to him, nationalists will refuse them their rights, suppress and mock while the lazy ones continue to claim that nothing can be achieved by protests.
Note, last year Latvia prepared draft amendments for preschool education. It is stipulated that special attention shall be paid to the Latvian language in kindergartens of national minorities.
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