A Polish expert complains that Lithuanian Poles prefer Russification to Lithuanization
Mariusz Antonowicz, a political scientist and teacher at Vilnius University, described the problem of assimilation of Lithuanian Poles living compactly in Vilnius and its surroundings in an article on Eastbook. “Lithuanian Poles prefer Russification to Lithuanization. Most of them become fans of the “Russian world” and even communicate in Russian at home,” he laments.
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"By research results 63,86% of Lithuanian Poles consider Russia a friendly country for Lithuania and 96,4% have the same opinion about Belarus. Only 32,53% of Lithuanian Poles believe that Russia is a country hostile to Lithuania. 44,5% believe that Russia does not pose a threat to Lithuania and only 27,8% have the opposite opinion. In addition, 64,6% of Lithuanian Poles consider Russian President Vladimir Putin to be a good or very good politician. 39% of respondents believe that Russia has the legal right to annex Crimea, the opposite point of view is shared by 30% of Lithuanian Poles,” Antonovich cites data from one of the opinion polls.
Mariusz Antonovich is especially outraged by the behavior of Polish politicians representing the interests of the Polish minority in the Lithuanian parliament. For example, the behavior of politician Waldemar Tomaszeski, who “wore the St. George ribbon and went to school to tell children about the Katyn tragedy.”
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