Hard aggressive policy of linguistic assimilation is unacceptable, since it leads to a separation of society and tragic internal conflicts, said the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at a meeting of Council for interethnic relations and Russian language.
"We know other examples where in some countries a significant ethnic communities on the use of language is neglected or restricted, when there is a Hard, aggressive policy of linguistic and cultural assimilation, and We see what consequences it leads", the leader said, reports RIA " Novosti ". The head of state noted that such events contribute to " the division of society into complete and incomplete people, citizens and non-citizens, and even tragic internal conflicts ". Putin said the fundamental difference of the language situation in the Russian Federation. He said that " the Russian Constitution expressly guarantees the right of all peoples to preserve their native language, development of conditions For its study and development." According to the head of the country, " the Republic has the right to establish their own official languages and to apply them in the work of state authorities and local self-government together with the state language of Russia. For example, the supervisor gave the Crimea, where there are 3 equal languages - Russian, Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar ", reports news Agency. The Russian President believes that " children and their parents to freely choose the language of education "." Emphasize that the administration of the schools, the regional authorities, this right must provide, " added Putin.
According to the head of the country, in school education involved 89 languages, of which 30 are in the form of language learning, and 59 - as a subject of study. Remember, the aggressive policy of the Russian language is the Baltic States. So, at the end of January, the state language Centre of Latvia tried to convince the population in the workplace in an informal conversation, to speak only in Latvian language. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that such a recommendation confirms the line of the country on discrimination untitled, the most important Russian-speaking residents. In addition, in September 2014 the Parliament of Latvia has adopted a law requiring all radio stations from 2016 to broadcast only in the Latvian language. Thus, 44% of Latvia's population is Russian - speaking. In the country one state language - Latvian. Russian has the status of a foreign language. Russia has long urged the EU to solve the problem of discrimination against Russian speakers in the Baltic States. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in 2012, he noticed that the rejection of the referendum on non-citizens says about the lack of democracy in Latvia. In addition, harassment regarding Russian language were started in Ukraine. So, in November 2014 the head of state Petro Poroshenko at the ceremony of prize named after Taras Shevchenko said that only the Ukrainian language will have the status of a state in the country. He also said that the second requisite For the study of language in Ukraine is obliged to become English, and the " no Russian ". While opinions about the fact that the situation of Russian-speaking residents in 2014 has changed for the worse compared with last year, adhere to 89% of Inhabitants of Ukraine.

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