“The fact that people do not want to learn a language in the country where they live is generally impossible in other countries. Here we must take into account the fact that we have a lot of Russian speakers, I don’t know, regarding 40% according to statistics. About 60% versus 40%.
If they lived in Germany, where 80% are Germans, they would be forced to speak German. They would learn this language because they wouldn’t be able to just buy sausage in a store!
So I think it’s too late to start doing something. It’s your own fault. We ourselves are to blame for this,” said the conductor.
Ozols also expressed the opinion that Russian-speaking older people do not even know that there is “such a problem” and they need to learn the Latvian language.
“This letter did not reach them, but if it did, they cannot read it. I think that in fact, these old people, whether they are loyal or not, do not need to be tortured in a purely human way anymore! They need to be allowed to live… They have lived their whole lives in Latvia, where will they go now? I don’t know, I find it so funny, now expelling everyone, punishing them is purely human,” said conductor Ozols during a discussion in the TV24 program “Press Club” regarding Russian-speaking citizens of Russia who will have to leave Latvia if they don’t will take an exam in the Latvian language, as provided for in the amendments to the Immigration Law.
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2024-04-23 13:12:42
