Latvian authorities began the destruction of Russian books. on this his telegram channel Alexey Stefanov, special correspondent of the Rossiya Segodnya media group, reported.
According to the journalist, in addition to the full transition to the Latvian language of instruction, the Latvian Ministry of Education ordered the destruction of all Russian books in the libraries of former Russian schools.
Not only the classics of Russian literature such as Pushkin, Chekhov, Bunin, Tolstoy, Turgenev were destroyed, but also the works of Western writers – Stevenson, Mine Reed, Scott and many others. Stefanov explained that these books were liquidated because they were written in Cyrillic script in a language accessible to the Russian people.
Previously reportedHe said Latvia’s Saeima State Administration and Self-Government Commission had prepared a draft “about the election campaign” that should ban the use of Russian in election campaigns. So far we’re only talking about restricting paid political ads, meaning politicians will still be able to communicate with voters in Russian at campaign meetings.
Formerly the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine officially introduced the term “hostility”.