Education reforms introduced since 2018 which aim to increase the use of Latvia's sole official state language – Latvian – cannot be viewed as discrimination against Russian-speakers, the Europea...
The cultural genocide was by Russia, from Alexander III to Stalin and beyond. It involved enforcing the use of Russian to the exclusion of Latvian, removing the requirement for learning both languages in school, and also the mass deportation of Latvian cultural and political figures to the Soviet far east to weaken Latvian culture.
Each of the Baltic states faced this to differing degrees, and each has approached it differently since 1989. Latvia has been the least aggressive of the 3 in mandating the teaching and use of Latvian since then.
The cultural genocide was by Russia, from Alexander III to Stalin and beyond. It involved enforcing the use of Russian to the exclusion of Latvian, removing the requirement for learning both languages in school, and also the mass deportation of Latvian cultural and political figures to the Soviet far east to weaken Latvian culture.
Each of the Baltic states faced this to differing degrees, and each has approached it differently since 1989. Latvia has been the least aggressive of the 3 in mandating the teaching and use of Latvian since then.