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Education Minister wants to ban Russian language schools

Oct 15, 2008
By Matt Withers

Toni Lukas suggested banning the Russian language in schools.
TALLINN - Education Minister Tonis Lukas has suggested that Russian schools be phased out of existence, sparking fresh accusations of governmental discrimination towards Estonia's Russian minority. The minister made the controversial statement on Friday Oct. 10, suggesting on an ETV news program that the Estonian education system should operate exclusively in the Estonian language. The minister, who is currently drafting an Estonia-China study exchange program in Beijing, expressed his desir ...

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