Russian MFA spokeswoman accuses Latvia of Nazism due to fake ban on speaking Russian in schools

On April 24, Russian state-owned media outlet RIA Novosti reported a statement made at a briefing by Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:

“The ban on Latvian schoolchildren communicating with each other in Russian is the policy of the Nazis, who prohibited people from using their language on ethnic or national grounds, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.

Earlier, Riga City Council member Aleksejs Roslikov told RIA Novosti in an interview that schoolchildren in Latvia have been banned from speaking Russian to each other on school premises, even during free time.

‘Nazis. Nazis have always banned people, on ethnic or national grounds, from practicing their culture and history, from using their language, and have restricted all freedoms on national grounds,’ she said during the briefing.

At the same time, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson emphasized that this discriminatory policy is prohibited by the Nuremberg Tribunal and international law.”