Thread: Regarding Russian in the Baltic States

I actually was surprised about the results - didn't think that turnout and votes against would be so high.

but may be it will show the authorities that there is the need for a change though.

Yes - there might be a change - now people are considering to stop state-funded education in Russian altogether.

And according to constitution results should be interpreted a bit differently, because required 50%+1 votes should be from ALL voters, not just from those who went to referendum.
And that means that only 17% of all eligible voters supported official status for Russian.

So I'm not surprised that Russian Latvians are not very happy with such treatment of their native language.

Poor Russians - my landlord still speaks to me only in Russian, because she knows Latvian poorly - do you think I should be happy?

And anyway - what do you think would be fair?
Latvians should forget Latvian language and speak only Russian to not offend someone - ребята давайте жить дружно Stalin/Putin style?

And here Russians are more respected than they are in Russia - we do not steal their votes in elections/referendums like партия жуликов и воров does in Russia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZHL...layer_embedded

Originally Posted by nulle

And anyway - what do you think would be fair?

Find those bastards who put stickers right over the descriptions in Russian on packages of various merchandise in Riga shops and take their glue away for a start

Btw, referendum clearly highlighted cities that are in dire need of official status of the Russian language within their limits: Riga (36% votes in favor), Daugavpils (85%), Jelgava (25%), Liepaja (20%), Ventspils (20%), Rezekne (60%) etc.