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    Warum Hunderten Russen jetzt die Ausweisung aus Lettland droht

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    1. EDCEGACE on

      omg you had like years to learn it to the basic level, common, you can’t ignore the language of a country you live in, and live like you are in a colony of russia

    2. esnolaukiem on

      as a latvian I’m honestly am a bit torn about this. while i really do feel about people being deported for political reason. on the other hand i’ve met hardcore imperial foreigners who just refuse to integrate. and i’ve been discriminated while applying to a job in my capital for not knowing russian good enough (i did learn it at school). and i don’t want fellow citizens to go through it in the future. 

      bonus: there are legit safety concerns, because russian citizens have been used as a pretext for invasion. so maybe for the safety of everyone we have to peacefully remove some. 

      i wish this wasn’t the case

    3. EvilsToy on

      If you let them integrate and form a social construct with their language they will become stronger. Then one day ruzzia will come to save these oppressed ruzzians and their language. You need to destroy it at the roots.

    4. HerMajestyTheQueef1 on

      Western countries should be checking russian social media and expelling anyone supporting terrorist activities by the state of russia

    5. blackcoffee17 on

      In their mind they are still living in the Soviet Union and have no intention to change.

    8. Mister-Psychology on

      She lived there for 60 years. It’s enough time to learn basic language skills. Which illustrates that Latvia has a parallel society where people don’t even need to fully integrate.

      Ukraine did the same with East Ukraine just letting millions sustain their own culture and society. In Russian TV such enclaves are seen as pure Russian and hence valid targets. It doesn’t help that most of these Russian enclaves watch Russian state TV and hence like Putin. Making them often agree with the annexation ideas made on TV.

      But main issue is that they don’t teach their kids the local language. You can have a 15 year old not be able to speak Latvian as she went to Russian school. That’s like 50% of potential jobs and academic degrees taken away hence she is basically forced to always stay poor and live in this Russian speaking area. With 60 year olds you may feel it’s fine. With teens it’s quite frankly purposeful manipulation as they learn language extremely fast if you just give them access to it.

    9. NaiveManufacturer375 on

      thats very reasonable. if they want to be a part of the country, learn the language – otherwise leave. it surely isnt too much to ask.

    14. Possible_Golf3180 on

      If immigrants in Germany refused to learn German to the extent and for as long as Russians refuse to learn Latvian in Latvia, DW would start quoting a variety of Austrian painters for inspiration in response to their refusal.

    15. blaawker on

      I saw an Estonian thread where an Ukrainian refugee passed their C1 level language exam after 3 years. C1 is advanced level. It’s possible to learn at least a basic level after living here all their lives. Most who didn’t simply didn’t bother to do it because it was not worth their effort. 

    16. LGL27 on

      I really hate this headline.

      “Learn Latvian or Leave” makes it sound like they need to go to 8 semesters of uni or something. They need to get the minimum passing score on an A2 exam, which would mean their functional level isn’t actually A2. I passed an A2 German exam, but my real level wasn’t actually even A2 at the time.

      Nobody is arguing they need to recite Latvian poetry, but maybe they should know how to order coffee or tea after 60+ years?

    17. GvStGermain on

      Every European Country should do exactly this: Learn our language, rights and culture or piss off!

    20. egflisardeg on

      Remnants of Russian colonial politics, all of the former soviet republics should expel their Russian fifth columns. Having a Russian diaspora in your country is a national security threat since it gives the Russian state an excuse to act belligerently when it decides to leverage its ready-made terror cells.

    21. heiisniper on

      This is applied to any nationality and any country, I am a foreigner in Czechia and I know few guys that live here 3 years already and no one of them even tries to learn the language

    22. Qantourisc on

      I feel bad as a TOURIST that I do not speak the local language… and they live there without shame ?

    23. MrTzatzik on

      I think that everyone should learn the main language of the country they live in long term. No exception

    25. HovercraftPlen6576 on

      From the video, the problem it seems that most of them can’t write in Latvian and not speaking the language.

      As many countries it should not be easy to acquire citizenship and you have to prove you are well integrated and you can benefit the country.

    26. Dalsenius on

      They have every right to deport of them if they are foreign citizens from a hostile state who refuse to integrate. She should be happy that she has been allowed to stay as long as she have.

      It’s not like the Russians were invited in the first place.

    28. FemmeWizard on

      How do you live in a country for nearly 70 years and not pick up enough of the native language to pass a basic language test?

    29. Strange_Account_3828 on

      Back to mother degeneruZZia! Reunion, finally! The time has come to enjoy the truly amazing society.

    30. leathercladman on

      I managed to learn basic Estonian to A2 level in like 3 years time (and I wasnt even trying that hard to be honest)……and these Russians who lived in Latvia for decades cant learn A2 level Latvian. There is no excuses here lol, absolutely none, they just don’t want to integrate in “inferior society“ because they think they are better than Latvians

      Fuck em

    31. trele-morele on

      if you live in a country for decades and you still don’t speak the local language even at the most basic level, that means you actually made an effort to avoid that language.

      those russians came to Latvia when it was still part of the soviet union. Them staying there and not learning the language after the soviet union was dissolved was their way of showing that they don’t accept Latvia’s independence.

      They do it to all countries they have ever invaded but later „lost“.

      When Poland regained independence in 1918 after the partitions, they kept saying „chicken is not a bird, Poland is not abroad“. Which is a stupid saying, because chicken IS a bird, even if it doesn’t fly, but don’t expect logic from imperialistic russians.

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