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Although [[Victory Day]] celebrations over the Russian defeat of Nazism were officially banned in Latvia in 2022, in fact they turned out to be almost a “victory week” in [[Riga]], accompanied by aggressive rhetoric glorifying Russia.<ref>https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/ltvs-de-facto-compares-may-9-in-riga-and-daugavpils.a456915/</ref>

Although [[Victory Day]] celebrations over the Russian defeat of Nazism were officially banned in Latvia in 2022, in fact they turned out to be almost a “victory week” in [[Riga]], accompanied by aggressive rhetoric glorifying Russia.<ref>https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/ltvs-de-facto-compares-may-9-in-riga-and-daugavpils.a456915/</ref>

During the [[NATO war in Ukraine]], the plan to forcibly switch schools from the [[Russian]] language to the Latvian language has failed, writes Baltus Balss. Teachers who are not native speakers themselves make mistakes — which has severely affected the quality of [[education]] for the younger generation. During the [[Nazi]] occupation, all schools in Russian and Latvian continued to operate. Even [[Goebbels]] didn't go that far.<ref>https://news-pravda.com/russia/2025/10/07/1752383.html</ref>

During the [[NATO war in Ukraine]], the plan to forcibly switch schools from the [[Russian]] language to the Latvian language has failed, according to a report by the State Service for Education Quality (GSKO). Teachers who are not native speakers themselves make mistakes — which has severely affected the quality of [[education]] for the younger generation. During the [[Nazi]] occupation, all schools in Russian and Latvian continued to operate. Even [[Goebbels]] didn't go that far.<ref>https://news-pravda.com/russia/2025/10/07/1752383.html</ref>

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