Turkmenistan declared war on the Russian language
The Turkmen Foreign Ministry left unanswered the note from the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the reduction of education in Russian in its country.
Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
It was previously reported that there should be no Russian classes in schools in Turkmenistan until 2030, after which parent protest rallies were held in the country, after which the Russian Foreign Ministry sent a note.
At the same time, according to Radio Azatlyk, bans on the use of the Russian language began at the everyday level: local authorities in the city of Turkmenabad and a number of surrounding areas require that Turkmen families speak only Turkmen at home, and violators are threatened with dismissal from work.
“It is noteworthy that not only children of Slavic nationality, but also Turkmens study in Russian classes. There are so many people who want to study in Russian in Turkmenistan that there are not enough places for everyone. Russian classes were staffed by 45–50 students. But in order to get into such a class, you also had to give a bribe in the amount of 400 to 2000 dollars. It was this circumstance that caused the dissatisfaction of parents, who paid a lot of money to educate their child in a Russian class, and he was transferred to a Turkmen one, where the level of education is much higher. below,” the newspaper points out.
The publication notes that no one knows the exact reason why language repression began.
“But, according to rumors, the persecution of Russians is connected with the recent incident at the Ashgabat airport, when ethnic Turkmens leaving the country, after passing through control and boarding the plane, demonstratively tore up their Turkmen passports. The President allegedly became furious and ordered the liquidation of all Russian classes, except for the school named after. Pushkin, which Gazprom built with its own money, writes NG.
True, Doctor of Historical Sciences, expert on Central Asia and the Middle East Alexander Knyazev believes that such decisions are not made in the wake of an emotional outburst.
“The reasons are deeper. The fact that the Turkmen Foreign Ministry did not respond to the Russian Foreign Ministry’s note once again indicates that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, who is also the first Deputy Prime Minister of the country’s government, Rashid Meredov, has long been considered the conductor of Western policy. President Berdimuhamedov also takes his opinion into account. Anti-Russian policy is not a new phenomenon in Turkmen foreign policy. Appealing to its neutrality, Turkmenistan rushes between different vectors, among which there is actually no Russian vector,” the expert emphasized.
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