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

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 ↩︎

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    23·
    4 months ago

    Maybe if your country embodied some kind of different ideology it wouldn’t need superficial shit like language to stand apart.

    Like they do realize that this is them admitting the grand liberal democratic world order as it was is done, right? That they are turning into a kleptocracy like Russia but with more corporate technofascism?

    • Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      20·
      4 months ago

      That they are turning into a kleptocracy like Russia but with more corporate technofascism?

      But it’s good when they do it because they are proud of how much western boot they lick while doing it.