Estonia’s large Russian-speaking minority used to be taught in Russian. The government has responded to Russia’s invasion with a reform to end this. Now, lessons will only be taught in Estonian.

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    5 days ago

    Latvia did it a year ago, and the blowback has been less than expected. I saw a Documentary on it that interviewed Russian ethnic Latvians, and they seemed to accept it, as long as there were no social restrictions. There were of course Russian nationalists who objected, mainly the older generation.

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        1 day ago

        Yes. That is how things work with large groups of people. One could even describe Leadership as the negotiation between groups of differing opinions. Good luck getting 10 people to agree on lunch.

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            1 day ago

            Which “they” do you mean? What percentage of the pop was it?

            Do you have a stake? Or are you just being pedantic?