“In Latvia they want to close all Russian-language public media until 2026. The new National Security Concept of the country contains such a clause. The document has already been sent to the Seimas and the President’s Office.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1706022730066178445
Latvia looking to shut down FSB/GRU propaganda in their country. This is after passing a law requiring Latvian language instruction in their schools, angering Russian speakers who refused to assimilate. They also passed a law requiring Russian citizens who wish to continue living in Latvia to learn Latvian.
Imagine the screams of racism if the USA required immigrants to learn our language!
“In Latvia they want to close all Russian-language public media until 2026.”
They have been on an intense spree de-russifying the country, since Russia’s 2022 invasion of the Ukraine, tearing down old monuments and proscribing the use of Russian language in school. They have a large ethnic Russian minority that was pretty pushy and threatening about Latvia being re-absorbed into Russia (fed by the Russian language media from Russia).
Although Russian attitudes in the Baltics and beyond may be getting qualms or a clue, they are still far from where they need to be to secure a lasting peace.