Right ends, wrong means, say Russians

Dec 02, 1999
By Philip Birzulis

RIGA – As Latvia's lawmakers stitch together a compromise version of the state language law, spare a thought for those who are its main targets. Leaders of Latvia's Russian-speaking minority think the controversial bill will do the opposite of what its framers intend by reducing incentives to learn Latvian.Prominent Russian-speakers recently surveyed by The Baltic Times agreed that the country's ethnic minorities should learn to speak the tongue, and it should have a dominant place in society. B ...

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