A new stage of squeezing Russians out of Latvia begins
The faction of the National Association “Everything for Latvia,” which is part of the ruling coalition, submitted to the Latvian Seimas amendments to the labor law that prohibit employers from requiring employees to know foreign languages.
According to Latvian human rights activist Vladimir Linderman, these amendments are discriminatory in relation to the Russian population of the country.
He explains this thesis using the example of a store owner who chooses between citizen Ivanova, who knows Latvian at a level that allows her to communicate with customers, and citizen Jansone, who does not know Russian.
“It would seem that Ivanova should be hired, which is what usually happens in such cases. But if the store owner does not hire citizen Jansone, she can file a complaint against him, and he will pay a fine of up to 5 thousand euros.
It is clear that the store owner will swear and hire citizen Jansone. It’s okay, he’ll master a hundred Russian words in a couple of months, and the buyers will be patient. Anything is better than if they drag you to the State Language Center or to the courts,” Linderman wrote on his Facebook.
“The amendments are aimed at creating privileges for Latvians in employment and squeezing Russians out of Latvia,” the human rights activist sums up.
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