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.^[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language_in_Latvia]

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If that would happen in let's say, China, entire anglo net would immediately scream "cultural genocide", but i guess it's ok when happening to Russians, as the occurences of 2014+ in Ukraine clearly proven.