imagine being in a foreign country for 48 years and refusing to learn at least their basic language

@mikemann2053

5 ай бұрын

Well said.

@eduardoventurosa

5 ай бұрын

and still believe its all right, if you want to live in another country, to know the basics of their language cant be discriminatory

@OneDigitalSoul

5 ай бұрын

Exactly! 👏👏👏

@user-lj8kg4jd1l

5 ай бұрын

Why should you learn useless language?

@davidlawler587

5 ай бұрын

Truth

“I have lived here for 48 years, I didn’t learn Latvian” - that one sentence sums up many Russian’s attitude to the world. Self superiority…..

@AlreadyTakenTag

5 ай бұрын

Soon some tankie will come and say their favorite catchphrase "But the US..." The way they try to bring the US into every single argument starts to feel like they have a fetish for it.

@lettheflamestakeover7374

5 ай бұрын

That what it takes to be successful😂belief in self😂 CRY HARDER

@lettheflamestakeover7374

5 ай бұрын

Also literally nobody is going to be speaking Latvian anywhere so why learn?😂

@lettheflamestakeover7374

5 ай бұрын

I bet if I payed you 500 to learn Latvian you’d laugh at my face like I’m laughing😂at the idea. So let me laugh

@lettheflamestakeover7374

5 ай бұрын

Most of us don’t feel anything but me😂yeah I’m better(at sports/academics/anything competitive) than 99% of you including my own😂

48 years and not learn the language? That is plain disrespectful

@user-cb7bh1jl1c

5 ай бұрын

95% OF PEOPLE IN UKRAINE DID NOT KNOW THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE UNTIL 2022, LITERALLY

@whiteeuropean581

5 ай бұрын

​@@user-cb7bh1jl1cstop spreading lies. More than a half in Ukraine spoke Ukrainian. Percentage grew every year

@fokus5097

5 ай бұрын

@@user-cb7bh1jl1c >Until 2022. So it took 1 day and most of Ukraine speaks Ukrainians now? Gad damn isn't that crazy?

@Auto.samson

5 ай бұрын

Latvia hasn’t even been independent for that long. And why don’t french canadian need to learn English? Just an example

@whiteeuropean581

5 ай бұрын

@@Auto.samson because Canada has two official languages. Canada is not England where English is native language. Why i as Latvian must be obligated to know Russian to find a job, because of russians who doesn't want to learn Latvian? Is that normal? Latvia was independent before 1940 when soviet union occupied my country and started russification. Before 1940 in Latvia lived small percentage of russians and language was never a problem

I lived in Cambodia and learned Khmer language, now living in Vietnam and learning Vietnamese. It's not just completely normal to learn the language of the country you reside in, but also very beneficial.

@dariob9786

5 ай бұрын

The issue is that Russian was, and is to date, part of this country.

@fontenoyjoe

5 ай бұрын

​@dariob9786 THAT was then. Today the Latvian government wishes to take a different route. Any Russian speaker not willing to comply should return to Russia.

@oghetokevin8746

5 ай бұрын

​@@dariob9786reading that 25% of Latvians are ethnic Russian who call it home..your logic can only apply to immigrants on that I accept..but to force native to learn another language by force sounds a bit barbaric by modern standards

@stevenwilson5556

5 ай бұрын

True, and it is also respectful

@eliotness4029

5 ай бұрын

when u come from england to ireland do you study irish? when u come in scotland do u study scottish? give me a proof

I have a friend in Georgia and he told me that ( in his own word) that other Eastern Europeans don't like having a russian minority or a Russian speaking minority in their country. Not because they hate the Russian people, but because the Russian government will use that as an excuse to take action on them.

@Marian87

5 ай бұрын

And it's also a very easy way for their praganda to pass unfiltered

@ruiddd956

5 ай бұрын

Hysteria anti-Russia. Madness.

@willthecat3861

5 ай бұрын

@@ruiddd956 Perhaps this time. But, provably not so in the past.

@hatchxable

5 ай бұрын

That Georgian friend of yours is probably a neonazi.

@michaeldunham3385

5 ай бұрын

He did before in 2008 so your friend should be worried

"I have lived here for 48 years and now I'm expected to pass a BASIC language test!?!" 😂😂😂😂😂

@intersanctum

5 ай бұрын

Russian logic.

@lettheflamestakeover7374

5 ай бұрын

Well don’t be mad when your forced to speak Russian in say about 10 years😂everything comes around

@lettheflamestakeover7374

5 ай бұрын

@@intersanctumEuropean logic😂

@eoinokeeffe7014

5 ай бұрын

@@lettheflamestakeover7374 10 years? Is that when the three day special operation is going to finish?

@lettheflamestakeover7374

5 ай бұрын

@@eoinokeeffe7014actually I imagine could be less than that for Latvia😂

“I have lived here for 48 years, I didn’t learn Latvian” - That's because when you moved into Latvia you were part of a foreign occupation force meant to assimilate Latvia into the USSR. As for where you could move to, how about back to Russia?

It's actually insane how normalized only being able to speak Russian has been in Latvia. In the job market, Russians could get away with just being able to speak Russian, while Latvians had to be able to speak Latvian, Russian, and English.

@Jyshrii

5 ай бұрын

Wow!

@jurist4128

5 ай бұрын

im latvian and i will tell you that getting a job is a pain without russian language, as soon as potential job place hears that you dont know it, instant response is - No Thank You

@maritapramalte3104

5 ай бұрын

Sadly that is a situation. My son could not get a job because he speaking only Latvian and English.

@July16july

5 ай бұрын

Same with me, i moved to Riga, the capital to study and work. I managed to get a job, because i knew basic Russian from school and my work place didn’t check my Russian language level. And then in real life actually working with costumers having to speak in Russian was a struggle, it was very hard. Russian speaking costumers would be dissatisfied and complaining about me. Often even turning around and walking out of the shop because we couldn’t understand each other entirely, even though I tried my best. It was probably 50% 50% Latvians and Russian costumers, it was kind of a relief when you hear Latvian and not having to uncomfortably struggling through the sale.

@Jyshrii

5 ай бұрын

It should not be the case that a person speaking their native language in their own country should be disadvantaged and that someone of a different nationality that does not even speak the language of the country they are enjoying has preference. Good for Latvia for addressing this unfair situation. @@jurist4128

If you live in a country for 48 years and you never bothered learning the language, it fair to assume (from a policy perspective) that you are not very interested in living in that place, to say the least.

@miroslavdusin4325

5 ай бұрын

It usually means that they consider themselves superior. The same was true for many Germans living in Eastern Europe before WW2 - they did not bother to learn the language of the local "subhumans".

@piggyraccoon5464

5 ай бұрын

they consider they are better than Latvians

@MyPhobo

5 ай бұрын

I feel like you'd have to purposely and actively avoid learning a countries language if you lived in said country for 48 years.

@mikhail5002

5 ай бұрын

it's the other way around.

@tomaszzap9574

5 ай бұрын

I thinknyou are wrong about the Germans whu lived in Eastern Europe before WW2.. They rather spoke the language of countries, in which they lived. They were integrated and often assimilated. Maybe with exception of Germans, who lived in territories list by Germany in the result of WW1. The problem was the German settlers during the WW2. They were receiveing farm of expelled locals... Like in the Zamosć region in Poland.

It's impossible that the woman lived in Latvia for 48 years and spoke no Latvian. Did she not look at the name of stores or products on shelves? The test is so simple that a fool could pass it.

@VisibilityFoggy

5 ай бұрын

I'm not sure how you can be in a country for 48 years and not learn the language, even if you were TRYING not to. Usually it takes me about 10 days in a new country to at least pick up enough words to have a simple conversation, thank someone, order a drink, ask a question, etc.

@daltongalloway

5 ай бұрын

@@juzhanin55Russians learn English also 🤣🤣🤣 America is a cultural powerhouse. Everyone learns English to watch their movies and listen to their music. Including millions of Russians 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@georgewade4656

5 ай бұрын

@@juzhanin55 Russian empire has invaded and occupied Latvia consistently for hundreds of years and restricted the language. No such thing as us colonies in 2023

@conlangknow8787

5 ай бұрын

Everyone is wrong/все неправильные/visi nepareizi

@daltongalloway

5 ай бұрын

@@juzhanin55no, they are their own independent country. Sorry you’re small Russian mind can’t comprehend what that means 😂

48 years and she still hasn’t learned a word in Latvian? LMFAO

@deanosaur808

5 ай бұрын

It's the same in the USA. How many Americans learnt the native Indian language? 😅

@hurmane.8593

5 ай бұрын

@@deanosaur808 I don't think comparing the us to a small country of latvia is the most correct comparison. That's comparing watermelons to apples.

@quinncreel6091

5 ай бұрын

@@deanosaur808 And this is why the Latvian language should be mandatory in Latvia, lol. You are not America, however much you admire them, Ivan 😂, and Latvia won't be conquered again.

@user-cb7bh1jl1c

5 ай бұрын

95% OF PEOPLE IN UKRAINE DID NOT KNOW THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE UNTIL 2022, LITERALLY

@lizijian1212

5 ай бұрын

Remind me what natives' languages can Americans speak?

I find that world is shocked of that woman not knowing Latvian after 48 years. There is hundreds of people exactly like her who think that it’s still Soviet union and that Latvia is Russian country only because it was occupied by Russia for a period of time

@zvonce1234

5 ай бұрын

I'm sure US and Germany wouldn't recognise occupeid country as part of USSR back then. Maybe it's you sentiment only.

@x_hibernia

5 ай бұрын

And a lot of them still think it exists yet it collapsed because it was broke and it was America that bailed them out but not this time, no the country of Russia is going to look like Germany after ww2, occupied for at least 70 year's? Sounds about right don't you think

@magpiegirl3783

5 ай бұрын

Yes, you are correct. Time for Russians to get a true education and recognise that the countries that left the Soviet block are independent (and were before the Soviets stole their lands) and they owe Russia and Russians exactly nothing.

@eliotness4029

5 ай бұрын

when u come from england to ireland do you study irish? when u come in scotland do u study scottish? give me a proof

@AlexMisarins

5 ай бұрын

@@eliotness4029 Hey, you leave this comment everywhere. I used to live in England for 12 years and when I moved to Edinburgh - yes! I started to learn Scottich language and Scottish accent. If somebody is lazy there is no point to protect that person. Peace ✌

Given what happens when Russia takes an interest in local „Russian-speakers“, it‘s understandable that countries would rather not promote the Russian language among their population.

@duncansmith7562

5 ай бұрын

On the contrary, given what happens when Russia takes an interest in defending the language rights of Russian speakers, it's bizarre that any country would decide to place limits on the use of Russian. you are confused between "promoting" a language and restricting a language.

@SteveWithers

5 ай бұрын

@@duncansmith7562Russia lies about everything. It’s a simple fact. Russian trolls are just part of the lie machine.

@James-9999

5 ай бұрын

@@duncansmith75621. they didn’t prohibit it, they just aren’t gonna teach it to younger kids 2. Ukraine outlawed teaching Russian before Russia invaded not after 3. Just cuz you speak English doesn’t mean England can annex your house

@thorstenvogt6561

5 ай бұрын

@@duncansmith7562 where does it say you can‘t speak Russian? Nowhere; it‘s not restricted. Requiring people to speak Latvian is not restricting the use of Russian, nor is not teaching it in public schools. Can Latvians demand that their language be taught in schools in Russia?

@bramposthumus9300

5 ай бұрын

@@duncansmith7562 No you are deliberately muddying the waters in your zeal to support your friends' brutal genocidal colonial war of fascist aggression in Ukraine.

Living in a country for 48 years and not learning the language of that country...it's not serious

@anrmlumlwundlistr7620

5 ай бұрын

Kinda tells you something about how many friends she has lol. I bet she sits inside all day and watches ruzzian tv.

@babouska5985

5 ай бұрын

In Québec it's the norm

@ghostrider13bg

5 ай бұрын

You do understand that Latvia was part of USSR up until 1991, and the official language of the USSR was Russian?

@heyguyswhatshappening6210

5 ай бұрын

@@ghostrider13bgLatvia was occupied by the ussr no part of.

@aditrex

5 ай бұрын

@@ghostrider13bg still thats whole 32years and not learning basic things has no excuses

48 years and didn't learn the language? Guess she didn't care to stay!!!

@vro1899

4 ай бұрын

So how is your navajo coming along?

@geekworthy7938

4 ай бұрын

@vro1899 It aches in the morning, but the doctor says I'll be fine.

I am 100% with Latvia on this one. Russians or Russian speakers, similar to British, barely make any effort to learn the language in the foreign country they chose to live in expecting all of the world to speak their language. As an Eastern European immigrant in Spain, I made the effort to learn the language, integrate and mostly show some respect. I am sure almost every Latvian will be very happy when a foreigner makes the effort and learns the language. Also find it very funny when a British enters a Spanish public hospital and starts nagging in English expecting he should be understood in English. Lets a Spaniard do the same in UK and lets see if he will be responded to in Spanish. And oh yes, gotta love those Russian KZread videos of Russians living abroad and talking about poverty in other Eastern European countries. Now this is ironic and very funny coming from them as well....

@deanosaur808

5 ай бұрын

Oi, leave it out. The British are exempt because we are special 😅🤣🤣

@Edmant

5 ай бұрын

Brit here: been living in Riga for 16 years, speak Latvian fluently. I think you're talking about the old days, these days younger generation Brits are nearly always happy to learn the language of the country they're living in.

@johnshaw8481

5 ай бұрын

I am English , lived in Holland so learned Dutch, lived in Germany so learned German , lived in Romania so learned Romanian and now live in Ukraine and I'm learning Ukrainian Not every englishman is lazy and disrespectful

@eliotness4029

5 ай бұрын

when u come from england to ireland do you study irish? when u come in scotland do u study scottish? give me a proof

@eliotness4029

5 ай бұрын

@@deanosaur808 when u come from england to ireland do you study irish? when u come in scotland do u study scottish? give me a proof

She lived in Latvia for 48 years and could not be bothered to learn Latvian. Now she feels she is being mistreated? My message to her: Mother Russia is calling you!

@aeye9772

5 ай бұрын

And why would she bother?

@telebubba5527

5 ай бұрын

@@aeye9772 Yeah, she can move back to Russia in no time.

@hrissan

5 ай бұрын

Why would she spend her efforts on a language that is basically useless anywhere in the world?

@aeye9772

5 ай бұрын

@@jumperpoint why? She doesn't need another citizenship, getting another citizenship is a load of paperwork and secondly she would not get it probably due to her being retired. You don't have experience in immigration, do you?

@Blancrougeblanc

5 ай бұрын

@@hrissan i am sorry, but the language in a country where you live 95% of time is more important.

When an individual lives in a country where they are the minority, but refuse to learn the language and integrate into culture of the country they are residing in, then claim they are being discriminated against, they need to take a long hard look at themselves and take on board who is actually behaving with disrespect & discrimination. Latvia has every right to do this.

@XenoxRaider

5 ай бұрын

@@yok-fk5litimes changed… sovjet union dont exist since 1990 and will never be again

@LoeZack

5 ай бұрын

​@@theoamorian904ok Ivan.

@Fookruzzia-fookpalestine

5 ай бұрын

​@@theoamorian904Russia wouldn't exist without kyiv 😂 Cry some

@sergeybebenin

5 ай бұрын

​​@@yok-fk5liand that's the problem Baltic states are fixing

@babouska5985

5 ай бұрын

Well we have this problem in Québec and they say we are racist

48 years in a country and the woman didn't bother to learn the basics of the Latvian language? She has contempt for the country that is hosting her.

Latvia has every right to insist their native language is the main language spoken and taught in their country, Russian is a foreign language to them and they are perfectly within their rights to reject it. There's nothing discriminatory about such policies.

48 years and she didn't bother to learn the local language that's just disrespectful seen as though she is living and working there and is been allowed to probably make a better life for herself that is ridiculous

@perkunast9680

5 ай бұрын

Its a little more complicated, during WW2 half the population was deported to Siberia and worked to death. The Russians moved in to the empty houses and were given all kinds of privilege's to do so. She did not see the deportations she just remembers the good times.

If you're living in a foreign country permanently, maybe you should learn the language at a basic level at least. Countries that were formerly occupied by the USSR should absolutely not give the Russian language privileged treatment.

@jonconnington8987

5 ай бұрын

It's 1/3 Russian what are you on about "foreign country" it's their country haha

@alek9195

5 ай бұрын

Why not, if you have a huge Russian population in the country. Many countries have more than one official language, including Russian.

@svenov3167

5 ай бұрын

@@alek9195 the problem is the Russians in Latvia don't see themselves as part of Latvia and that's dangerous. They will never integrate into Latvian society and rather stay around themselves, refusing to learn Latvian. That's colonialistic behaviour at its finest. Russians moved to Latvia during the Soviet era and have no right telling Latvians how to handle their business. You're not some kind of "master race", the time when Russians have been dictating the rules in the former Soviet countries is over, deal with it.

@Beba-qv3db

5 ай бұрын

when they, Russians, were moving to Baltic states during occupation by Soviet Union it was kind of promotion, privilege. These were prominent and very supportive members of communist party.@@svenov3167

@gfys756

5 ай бұрын

​@@svenov3167Why should they bother integrating into a western white supremacist nation without any culture? The Latvians should adapt to the Russians.

I lived in Germany for almost 10 years and I left that country with pretty decent German language skills. 48 years living in country without basic language knowledge can only fascists.

What if I live in Russia for 48 years and refuse to learn Russian, will Russia give me Russian citizenship?

Screw Putler and what he thinks. Learn Latvian or go to Russia.

0:12 Not a "former Soviet republic" but a sovereign state that was illegally occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940.

@esQmo

5 ай бұрын

duh

@nick-cg4ew

5 ай бұрын

exactly... pretty soon China will start using that excuse in the Uk USA and AUS saying they all belong to them since ancient times because there are chinese living there

@JohnHenryEden2277

5 ай бұрын

@@nick-cg4ew Speaking of China, it feels like everyone has long since forgotten about Tibet.

@gfys756

5 ай бұрын

​@@JohnHenryEden2277The current zeitgeist amongst the far-left is that Tibet is better off after China's takeover. The same logic is being applied to Taiwan.

Russian speakers can move to Russia. They need to learn Latvian if they want to live in Latvia.

Dear Russians: - „Our country, our rules“. - „Your country, your rules.“ Learn the difference for the sake of a peaceful „together“.

@iljenshumilin467

2 ай бұрын

I think you are forgetting that we Russians are superior

48 years living in Latvia without ever learning the language. Now that's a sign of a strong desire to blend in.

@switch12345678

5 ай бұрын

Russian language was official, dude

@tango2642

5 ай бұрын

​@switch12345678 so? She should have learned Latvian during last 30 years. She is just lazy...

@zoinked1351

5 ай бұрын

@@switch12345678 Not really an excuse. We declared independence in 1991, that means they had 32 years to learn the bare basics. My grandmother family also were "imported" here during the soviet occupation and they integrated quite well, so have many other families that consider themselves latvian.

@karliskokorevics6902

5 ай бұрын

​@@switch12345678 Not in the Republic of Latvia. Only if you're referring to the Soviet occupation (1940-1991), which was illegal and whose laws in Latvia were declared retroactively null and void in 1990.

@aeye9772

5 ай бұрын

​@@zoinked1351she is not Latvian citizen. So, If she doesn't need it to manage through her life, then she doesn't need it.

Well done Latvia!

@pravak6745

5 ай бұрын

@@jonconnington8987 Well done to complete ignorance and naivete

@bobbygoestoabyss6624

5 ай бұрын

@@jonconnington8987 I mean... it's not that they forbid to speak russian... Just that they that they presuppose a basic test... i think that is possible for everyone... nobody has to be exiled... just a little bit learning.... also FACISM is what fn PUTIN does. Mr Jon connington!

@bobbygoestoabyss6624

5 ай бұрын

Comments like yours always go with a channel, that has nothing else to offer. Just a name, and a comment like this... but nothing more... maybe it's just an empty bullet@@jonconnington8987

@henris9547

5 ай бұрын

@@bobbygoestoabyss6624 Exactly. Latvia is an independent, sovereign country and they can set their laws on languages however they please. And there’s nothing Putler can do about it.

@rhetorical1488

5 ай бұрын

@@henris9547 Ah The ww2 germans said the same thing. congratulations you have come full circle

48 years! If she can't appreciate and defend Latvia she needs to leave asap.

Living in Latvia for decades yet unwilling to learn the local language.

This is interesting: on one hand, there's a young Latvian man, an MP, who is absolutely fluent in English. So, that's at least 2 languages for him (I won't be surprised if he speaks Russian as well). On the other hand, there is that Russian woman who had lived for half a century in Latvia and can't speak Latvian.

@Ukie88

5 ай бұрын

The conquerors never felt they had to bother.

@sharbymj

5 ай бұрын

Part of his lame excuse to invade Ukraine.

@tupums

5 ай бұрын

This is typical trend. Russians since soviet times feel elite, above everyone else and playing the victim card when they feel its not the case. Its absurd. And I am living in Latvia so yeah...

@alek9195

5 ай бұрын

@@Ukie88 What do you mean, that there are tens of thousands of people in the US who do not know English lol.

@alek9195

5 ай бұрын

@@sharbymj It's better than weapons of mass destruction in Iraq lol.

How can you live 48 years in a country and learn NONE of the language spoken by the vast majority of the population? Also how can she still maintain Russian citizenship 33 years after Latvia ended the Soviet occupation and restored independence? So what if she is having difficulty not speaking any Lativian. Try going to German, England of France to live there as a foreign resident for 40 odd years while not speaking any German, English or French. Ridiculous unfounded grievance. She was so used to privilege that normal conditions of living in another country feels like oppression.

@ghostrider13bg

5 ай бұрын

''Soviet occupation'' LOL

@Cheese-Head

5 ай бұрын

In America there are millions who don’t speak English and live here. All sings are dubbed to Spanish.

@makara2711

5 ай бұрын

typical american mindset: "speak american, you're not in your country"

@Spectre11B

5 ай бұрын

​@Cheese-Head Nothing wrong with that. You don't need to speak English if you just want to flip burgers.

@Cheese-Head

5 ай бұрын

@@makara2711 hypocritical much? She’s expected to learn Latvian since she’s in Latvia. Same applies to ANY country.

48 years and didn’t learn the language it’s crazy. I was forced to move to Korea with my parents even tho it was only for 2 years i still managed to learn the language for my own comfort and others

What people expect, you come to a country and dont learn the language after so many years !? Good job Latvia !

@eliotness4029

5 ай бұрын

when u come from england to ireland do you study irish? when u come in scotland do u study scottish? give me a proof

@UMORIEGA

5 ай бұрын

@@eliotness4029 When a Russian moves to Germany, does Germany offer them to finish high school in Russian?

@eliotness4029

5 ай бұрын

@@UMORIEGA when brits first arrived in america did they learn navaho? or just started shooting and killing local people?

@UMORIEGA

5 ай бұрын

@@eliotness4029 Was there an internationally recognised country "America" back then? Lame whataboutism.

@eliotness4029

5 ай бұрын

@@UMORIEGA who recognized you? who are you. i don't know you.

Russia complaining about something out their own playbook is ridiculous. Nothing wrong with these sovereign countries wanting nothing to do with you

@makara2711

5 ай бұрын

typical american mindset: "speak american, you're not in your country"

@Ukie88

5 ай бұрын

@@makara2711in North America we speak English .

@raoulfr

5 ай бұрын

@@makara2711 we all just watched a video of Latvians expressing how they feel, not sure how you came to your conclusion.

@aeye9772

5 ай бұрын

​@@raoulfrcos you don't understand that she doesn't need Latvian for anything, she is retired, what does it matter If she doesn't speak Latvian? She manages through her Life just fine. She has permanent residence permission. Latvia doesn't give her anything. Russia pays her pension. That is just plain bulling.

@Paulkatz123

5 ай бұрын

​@aeye9772 she can sell her apartment and move to Russia or.......... do an incredibly easy test. After 48 years of living in a foreign country you pick up the language regardless

If i stay in a country for more than 48 years, its almost impossible not to learned their languange naturaly.

@praetoriancorps

5 ай бұрын

It might be if you live in cultural enclaves that speak your own language.

@mz2535

5 ай бұрын

Possible if you are an invader who devalues the local culture

@basedpatriotLT

5 ай бұрын

​@@praetoriancorpssure, but in 48 years plenty of days you get out of enckaves

@user-cb7bh1jl1c

5 ай бұрын

95% OF PEOPLE IN UKRAINE DID NOT KNOW THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE UNTIL 2022, LITERALLY

@basedpatriotLT

5 ай бұрын

@@user-cb7bh1jl1c false, western Ukraine spoke well Ukrainian. In Lviv many even disloked speaking russian even prior 2022

LOL, lived in Latvia 40 yrs and didn't have the courtesy to learn the language. She needs to go.

Thanks Latvia. Great decision.

i mean, If you stayed for 48 years on a country and didn't learn it's language, you are the one to blame.

@ruiddd956

5 ай бұрын

Almost all Latvian people speak Russian.

@Beba-qv3db

5 ай бұрын

so why she cannot learn latvian? IN LATVIA!@@ruiddd956

@sanich0811

5 ай бұрын

at the age of 50+, perhaps young ethnic Latvians speak Russian poorly, if at all@@ruiddd956

@AlvaroALorite

5 ай бұрын

@@ruiddd956 and almost all Swedish people speak English, that doesn't make it the oficial language.

@ruiddd956

5 ай бұрын

@@AlvaroALorite Learn Russian language. Go to Latvia and you will see that you don't need another way to communicate with the people. This is 100% a political decision, the beginning of the Ukrainian path in 2015. I hope they don't start with the slaughter of Russian-speaking people.

48years and didn't learn Latvian?!? Wow thats commitment

@buravan1512

5 ай бұрын

They didn't have to... Russian was Official.

@65kasara

5 ай бұрын

She did learn it to some extent, but that's the problem that the government demands that you pass exam of the highest level of fluency, which even native Latvians won't be able to do, the government is punishing their own population who didn't recieve a citizenship in the 90s due to their nationality and opted to go for the safe route (back then) and get a russian citizenship. Now they're being punished for it like "how dare you take the easy way out"

@josimpson7999

5 ай бұрын

She deserves to be kicked out - that in itself is a crime! 🙄

@lynxyu11

5 ай бұрын

@@buravan1512until 1991? Now its 32 without russian so whats your point

@arita2002

5 ай бұрын

@@buravan1512 When it was official? For a 48 year old? What year we have now and how many years of that persons life passed without it being official? Do you know basic math or math was not official in your life?

Latvia is not "former soviet republic", Latvia was once occupied by soviet union, but regained it's freedom.

That woman is basically saying "I lived here for 48 years and felt this place was my home so much that i've never learned not even the basic of the local language"

@nemzi8969

5 ай бұрын

Russia is 2nd language in latvia she never had to learn younger Latvian russian speak both languages

@karliskokorevics6902

5 ай бұрын

​@@nemzi8969Russian has never been a second language in the Republic of Latvia since 1918. Only if you refer to the illegal Soviet occupation of Latvia from 1940 to 1991.

@jaksap

5 ай бұрын

Russian is the most spoken language in Riga

@albertbarese3706

5 ай бұрын

@@karliskokorevics6902 as I said it doesn't change a thing

@albertbarese3706

5 ай бұрын

@@jaksap so? Are you trying to say that in Riga you don't get exposed to Latvian?plus data tells a different story.

You live in someone's country for 48 years, you can't speak their language, yet you expect to be treated like a Queen. Weird!

@dw620

5 ай бұрын

It was her own country, part of the Soviet Union, when she moved there and was still part of the Soviet Union until almost 15 years later. Borders have moved all the time in Europe over the centuries, too...

@linming5610

5 ай бұрын

My country have hundreds of regional dialects. People moving to those places even for work reasons are expected to learn at least the basics of the language to integrate. This also works if they are going to work to the capital. This meant we have lots of people who are knowledgeable to at least 3 languages. The national language, their regional dialect, and English. I see no reason why she still doesn't know the language she lived in. I understand her if she complains the government crack down the use of language but not her still not able to speak the national language.

@Beba-qv3db

5 ай бұрын

that is not excuse not to know latvian language after half of century living there permanently.@@dw620

@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

5 ай бұрын

@@dw620 Latvia was forcibly occupied by Russia. And yet she still moved there knowing that she was part of an attempt to Russify the country. Well, now she's got to learn the language. Its the least she can do if she wants to stay out of Putin's Russia.

@dw620

5 ай бұрын

@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 You seem to know her background and motives very well. No, this is just giving Putin a *genuine* motive to invade Latvia which he didn't have before - to "defend" Russian-speaking minorities from persecution - when it would've been easier to grandfather in those Russian speakers before a certain date so long as they continued to be law-abiding citizens and not act treasonously against their country. Indeed, it would've been better to have freedom-loving Russian speakers on their side to show Russians living in Russia that *their* system is the flawed one.

Wasn't Putlers last threat to Finland? "If you even think about joining NATO, there will swift and severe consequences". Still waiting for "Swift".

@TheDmSilver

5 ай бұрын

Finland is outside Russia's zone of interest. In the near future, if the West does not unite, totalitarian regimes will increasingly go to war. Ukraine. Israel. Taiwan, etc.

@TheAmericanMonaLisa

5 ай бұрын

What I admire most about Putin Is his resistance to the WEF NWO. To bad Ukraine is used as cannon fodder for BIG BIG BIG M.INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES and BIG BIG BIG $$$$

Lived for 48 years in a country and didn't learn the local language? Damn, that's laziness at its peak

@FelixSamulevich

5 ай бұрын

you have not the same talent

Sorry, lady. If you move to a foreign country, it's taken for granted that YOU, a foreign citizen, will learn the local language, at least at a basic level. I know Russians well, and this is by far a typical example of Soviet mentality: "If I travel to a former Soviet Republic, everybody will understand me just because I'm a Russian native speaker, so why should I learn Georgian or Latvian?". In contrast, all my Russian friends who are born after 1991 and live abroad speak at least the language of the host country, if not even more.

Funny that Putin is the one most upset by this 😂

First thing i would do if moving to a new country, is to learn the language.

@Ukie88

5 ай бұрын

Russians didn’t just move in they occupied the country after WW2.

@hansb7020

5 ай бұрын

@@JG-MVyou mean the disastrous war Russia started and is losing?

@jonconnington8987

5 ай бұрын

They didn't move there, they have lived there for hundreds of years Russian population is around 1/3 of Latvia, seeing as you're all about learning, go learn some history.

@mho...

5 ай бұрын

@@jonconnington8987 makes it even worse, to be this small minded for hundreds of years & never really integrate with the local communitys?! seems more like occupation/colonialism, then "being a citizen of a country"

@hansb7020

5 ай бұрын

@@jonconnington8987 German population was also 500 years on Kaliningrad. Should Germany invade Kaliningrad?

They live in Latvia not russia they should learn their language. Latvia has all the right to make their language mandatory, after having been through subjugation by the russians for way to long.

It's LATVIA, not Russia!

The madder he gets, the happier I am; good job Latvia.

@lettheflamestakeover7374

5 ай бұрын

Perfectly represents your true self😂You probably look like Penguin from batman😂

@lettheflamestakeover7374

5 ай бұрын

Seeing frustration bring you joy😂typical European winners

@lettheflamestakeover7374

5 ай бұрын

I get joy from winning😂that’s why I dominated you in HS

@lettheflamestakeover7374

5 ай бұрын

in other words I dominated you because of the pessimism🤣you still haven’t learned. I’m like a beast I feed off it

@lettheflamestakeover7374

5 ай бұрын

You remind me of the kids who cried because they got no playing time🤣now this is your joy

SHE HAD 34 YEARS TO LEARN LATVIAN, BUT SHE DIDNT.

@daiel743

5 ай бұрын

48

@zirnis_13

5 ай бұрын

​@@daiel743 no, 34 would be more realistic. That's about how many years the country has been independent for. Before there were laws that restricted the usage of latvian in public spaces such as schools, workplaces, etc. Official documents were also formed in russian. So there wasn't really a reason for her to learn latvian AT THE TIME. But yeah, we have independence since 1990, so she could've and should've learned the language by now

@First-Last_name

5 ай бұрын

​​@@zirnis_13you mean 32 years. They achived independence Christmas day 1991.

@zirnis_13

5 ай бұрын

@@First-Last_name that's when the Soviet Union collapsed, we gained independence earlier

@First-Last_name

5 ай бұрын

@@zirnis_13 technically only a few years earlier. That aside she had a solid 32 years In *Latvia* yet never learned a basic sentence of her country language 👏

Refusing to speak the language of your colonizer? Oh the horror.

The Soviet years are long over with lady time to finally learn the language of the country you've lived in for half a century.

I agree that if one moves to a country, that individual should learn the language. That person isn't losing a part of themselves, they are putting an effort to integrate into a society in which that person chose to live .

@aeye9772

5 ай бұрын

Why? Who made this rule?

@user-pq1fu9jj6j

5 ай бұрын

А если он родился в стране, ходил в русскую школу, работал и общался на русском языке! А потом закрыли школу, закрыли фабрику, завод лишили гражданства и сказали говори по латышски! Это как?

@shaynoaism

5 ай бұрын

Common decency and respect for the host culture ​@@aeye9772

@neptunefog6082

5 ай бұрын

They did not move there they were born there and paid taxes there

@willbedeadsoon

5 ай бұрын

Absolute majority of them didn't move to Latvia,they were born there. Also, a lot of countries with much smaller percentage of citizens make their language the second state language (like sweedish in Finland).

1:52 Look at that uppity attitude. Lived there for 48 years but too good to learn Latvian. What else didn't she learn?

Living 48 years in a country not your own and not bothering to learn their language… says it all 🤣

48 years in Latvia and haven't bothered to learn Latvian?

@user-cb7bh1jl1c

5 ай бұрын

95% OF PEOPLE IN UKRAINE DID NOT KNOW THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE UNTIL 2022, LITERALLY

its a good decision. As russia said because there are russian speakers in ukraine it belongs to them. All eastern european countries should ban russian and instead the russians there should learn the language of the host country like everyon else has to. Russia also banned the teaching of ukrainian as well as other languages spoken by other ethnic groups and forces them to learn russian.

@adineatha9766

5 ай бұрын

To be fair. The ethnic Russians are descendants of Belarusians and Ukrainians who migrated East. Kievan Rus.

@JustARandomFio

5 ай бұрын

Common sense has spoken. Unfortunately, some don't understand. Including the UN that is still living in its own Fantasy world.

@dkmark7802

5 ай бұрын

This isn't true though, there's plenty of languages in Russia today, and languages that where being used also, I personally watch a channel here in KZread about a woman who lives in Yakutia (one of the republics in the federation) and that shows the life there, and everyone speaks the yakutian language. Russia was capable to maintain alive many of these languages, the biggest one, besides Russian and Ukrainian, is the language spoke in Kazan, that is pretty close to languages like Kazakh and Turkish, saying that Russia prohibited the usage and the leaning of those languages is a clear way to show how unfamiliar you are with the ethnicity of the people in the Russian Federation.

@alek9195

5 ай бұрын

You write nonsense, there are dozens of official languages ​​in Russia.

@dkmark7802

5 ай бұрын

@@adineatha9766 isn't that simple, in the easier way to understand, there wasn't the Ukrainian, or Russian or the Belarusian nationality and identity at such time, in the same way that there wasn't too a Spanish one, or a Danish, a Swede or a Norwegian too. The Kievan Rus was a union of different Slavs principalities united under a monarchy of Nordic nobles, a situation that was different from the others Slavs like the poles, or the Czechs or the Serbs, Croats and so on. The formation of these identifies only occurred after the Kievan Rus dissolved itself

Master strategist Putin at it again. The best NATO recruiter and at anti-Russian measures.

@Theolddaysaregone

5 ай бұрын

@@Hughjundyshahah genius comment, made me laugh 😂

@CrucialConflict.

5 ай бұрын

@@Theolddaysaregone Mafioso Putin hates NATO, but he's always threatening his neighbors... Dictator mentality.

@DarrelX-im2hb

5 ай бұрын

@@Hughjundys You mean Finnland in Nato? Who cares about it? Baltics were in Nato anyway and Ukraine is much closer to Moscow.

@lettheflamestakeover7374

5 ай бұрын

Half Immigrants who come to USA refuse to identify American, meanwhile some Americans immigrate and come to Russia😂maybe it’s the LEADERSHIP

@DarrelX-im2hb

5 ай бұрын

@@Arnold_Slater1223 Well, if that was such a big thing for Putin he would invade Finland 100%. What the difference he is in a war anyway, one more country won't make any difference. And Finland is just a peice a cake for Russian army.

How do you live in a foreign country for 48 years and don’t speak at least the basics of the local language😂 Come on, this is a very fair requirement

@eliotness4029

5 ай бұрын

when u come from england to ireland do you study irish? when u come in scotland do u study scottish? give me a proof when u live in usa do u study navaho?

@helenfeky1249

5 ай бұрын

Russian communities for centuries lived in Baltic countries. Learn a bit of history before discussing the topic

@matiss2037

5 ай бұрын

@@eliotness4029The vast minority in Ireland uses Irish in everyday communication. Latvian is different. It’s the only official language in the country and is used daily.

@matiss2037

5 ай бұрын

@@helenfeky1249They’re still a minority in the Baltics and Russian has never been a state language neither in Estonia, nor Latvia, nor Lithuania, boo 🫶🏼

@eliotness4029

5 ай бұрын

@@matiss2037 when u come from england to ireland do you study irish? when u come in scotland do u study scottish? give me a proof latvian is useless. only about 1 mln people speaks latvian now. and every year less and less and less. latvian population running away from latvia

Bravo Latvia 🇵🇱❤️🇱🇻

Makes sense that Latvia would want to rid itself of all influence from its former soviet occupier. The european union is far more attractive than the russian yoke.

@frankrenda2519

5 ай бұрын

the russian yoke is better than the woke eu

@caiolima5016

5 ай бұрын

No.

@dariob9786

5 ай бұрын

Yes, but the European Union guarantees the right of ethnic minorities in all European countries, which have lived there for decades or hundreds of years, to speak their own language as well, even if it is Russian, because there are no proper single-language countries in Europe left the devastations of border-shifting wars have brought to the continent.

@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

5 ай бұрын

@@dariob9786 Well, that's ok then because Latvia has no intention of preventing her from speaking Russian lol

@bhaashatepe5234

5 ай бұрын

@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 victimhood mentality. I live in a country that was colonized by the western countries for hundreds of years. Unlike you, I don't hate those countries.

Russia couldn't care less about Russian speakers in neighboring courtiers, It is only using them.

For those who try to complain by "Russians are native to Latvia" - most of Latvias Russians came in during post WW2 era. There was a tiny russian minority before WW2 who left Russia because of - well guess what - oppression in Russia! Also there is no toponyms / hydronyms in Latvia with russian heritage, isn't that interesting? Russian language in Latvia is a colonialist instrument. The oppressor is calling "oppression".

1) The Netherlands, like Latvia, demand a successful language course before granting citizenship, too. 2) The Imperial arrogance of that Russian woman refusing to learn any Latvian, speaks for itself.

Funny how the only reason those other countries speak russian in the first place is because they were literally forced to when they were annexed by the soviets (russia).

@johntowers1213

5 ай бұрын

yeah...completely unlike why so many places speak English, French and Spanish

@sovietheart3883

5 ай бұрын

In the USSR every citizen had to learn tweo languages. Russian and the language from the country they live in.

@metros5201

5 ай бұрын

Yeeeeeah, this countries definitely were not a part of the Russian Empire for almost 300 years. Only the bloody commies ruthlessly forced the locals to speak russian.

@SlabFor1

2 ай бұрын

@@sovietheart3883 Ofcourse this comes from the person whos name is "Sovietheart" Well damn you dont know what they did to latvians that spoke latvian Thats right THE GULAG

@sovietheart3883

2 ай бұрын

@@SlabFor1 For sure. The russians and ukrainians, kazhaks were all in gulag, all 215 Million soviet civilians were in gulag for speaking their language

threatening an independent country to not speak a foreign language or face repercussions? This man is unbelievable. Now I think he should be stopped 🚫 ENOUGH of such bullies.

@jazp20

5 ай бұрын

Putin and not the common Russian is the reason for the increase of Russophobia around the world..

@hellfire6372

5 ай бұрын

So you and many people know the future if the Ukrainians lose the war. They would have to bow down to Russians and Putin!

@moneymay6324

5 ай бұрын

Now you guys understand why Ukrainians are fighting for Slava Ukraini

48 years, that was the best example of discrimination.

She is not the only person like that in Latvia. It's sad that our language is being spoken by less and less people because of people like her

Imagine a world where the United States was going around threatening countries who choose to not teach English anymore. Imagine the global outcry! But Russia does it and people look at the country being threatened and go “well what did you expect?”

@newtoniantime8804

5 ай бұрын

Good point! Thats why many countries rather choose US as ally than a nation as Russia. I do agree with Putin on woke culture and that West have been to hard against Russia. But Putins nation lacks some fundamental things like freedom of speech. I don't say freedom of speech works great in West either, but it's for sure much more "free" than in Russia. In Russia "via a strong leader" is the ideal of how their nations actions should be conducted. In West we have "via the group".

@MegaBexon

5 ай бұрын

@@newtoniantime8804 for how long did you live in Russia ? or this is just from media ?

@newtoniantime8804

5 ай бұрын

@@MegaBexon From Russian friends of mine.

@MegaBexon

5 ай бұрын

@@newtoniantime8804 I live in Russia for a years, channels of communications are different. Not discord or redit etc. Yes the media will not allow something that will harm any of the 50 nationalities that live on the territory. You need to visit, it's not as it's presented. You will have a nice time and good memories.

@newtoniantime8804

5 ай бұрын

@@MegaBexon okey, thanks for your perspective on that.

Way to go Latvia!

Go Latvia! Same thing in Kazakhstan. There are Russians who were born & raised in Kazakhstan but they never bothered learning even the basics. Always excuses, denials & aggressive rhetoric against learning

Well done Latvia! It is an absolutely one's obligation to learn the language and the culture of the country you live in.

That lady has lived there for 48 years and she has not bothered to learn the language That's either a willingness to not assimilate to the country she's living in or it's plain laziness.

@dw620

5 ай бұрын

It was part of the Soviet Union when she moved there and was still part of the Soviet Union until almost 15 years later.

@Beba-qv3db

5 ай бұрын

Latvia was occupied by soviet union and that way became "part" of soviet union. for obvious reasons they prefer to be independent now and enjoy freedom and DEMOCRACY.@@dw620

@hrissan

5 ай бұрын

Baltic states were not countries, but simply provinces of ussr with Russian as a state language. Now they are provinces of the west with English as a state language😹

@MrDadyD

5 ай бұрын

@@dw620 try 22 years..

@user-cb7bh1jl1c

5 ай бұрын

95% OF PEOPLE IN UKRAINE DID NOT KNOW THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE UNTIL 2022, LITERALLY

I lived in Kuldiga little more than 3 years. As an American i never forget how beautiful Latvia and how peaceful Latvian prople. I hope and wish whole world follow Latvian way to make this planet better place. Thanks Latvia!

@francoislechanceux5818

5 ай бұрын

So childish a comment. So naive too.

@martinszarins8803

5 ай бұрын

Tnx mate,hi fromRiga 🎉

@TheRealBillBob

5 ай бұрын

Is the Latvian way to discriminate against people because they speak a different language? 🙄🙄

@esgee3829

5 ай бұрын

@@TheRealBillBob think of it not as discrimination but de-russification. that's a dangerous thing for some.

@VilkatisJanis

5 ай бұрын

@@TheRealBillBob What is discriminatory in going for schools in official language of country, and deporting of citizens of other country that cant get their visas straight? Cause that is what is going on.. russian citizens that cant prolong their visas by passing the exam are asked to go to russia.. since they are russian citizens.

48 years and never learned the Language? That is the problem , lady. You never wanted to assimilate. You wanted to be on the front line of the new Russian occupation. My family is a family of immigrants in the USA and my grandparents discouraged speaking the languages of the Old Country. I was told that we are Americans now. We fully adopted our new home and became a thread in the fabric of Democracy.

@karliskokorevics6902

5 ай бұрын

That's the problem. The issue isn't them speaking Russian, but them not being able to speak Latvian. Just recently there was a news story about a children's doctor getting verbally assaulted by some Russian speaking parents because she couldn't speak Russian well (not even because she couldn't -but because she spoke with a Latvian accent and had some issues with some words).

You lived in Latvia for 48 YEARS, and didn't bother to learn the language??? Sounds like a personal problem...YOUR personal problem. If you live in another country, learn the language. It's the most normal thing in the world.

Russians can teach themselves Russian in private schools like we do here in Canada for all other languages except French . We have two official languages and Latvia has one. Being an occupied country during soviet times and now independent , absolves the Latvian government from prioritizing ruzzian as a state language. Russians need to learn Latvian, plain and simple.

@einantassteinas7038

5 ай бұрын

Well said, but in this case it is Latvia and latvian. Lithuania has much smaller russian problem than Latvia. But the idea pretty much the same.

@Ukie88

5 ай бұрын

@@einantassteinas7038I have corrected my error to Latvian and thanks for noticing 🇨🇦🇺🇦

@user-lj8kg4jd1l

5 ай бұрын

Imagine you live in Canada and suddenly you are forced to learn an Inuit or Eskimo language because your grandgrandparents "оccupied" or "сolonized" the land of "the natives". Will you learn an useless language?

@karliskokorevics6902

5 ай бұрын

​@user-lj8kg4jd1l If you don't like the useless language, just move out of the country that speaks it. You can just move to Russia - right there at the border. Or you know, just not illegally invade and occupy an international recognized state for 50 years? Or just maybe learn the language of your country and live in peace?

@reddix435

5 ай бұрын

@@user-lj8kg4jd1l It`s allways good to speak foreign languages ruski sabaka.

Imagine living in a country for 48 years and not learning the language!

@swaggitypigfig8413

5 ай бұрын

Most people don't learn a new language if they don't have to.

@Snoy_Fly

5 ай бұрын

Because she didn’t have to…

@Alsayid

5 ай бұрын

But think of it, Latvia has only been an independent country for 32 years. When this woman grew up Russian WAS the dominant language. And, this followed decades of government directed Russification. Now the opposite is happening. I'm not saying it is wrong that Latvia is reversing this, I'm just saying this woman is just an ordinary person caught up in the great game.

@JohnHenryEden2277

5 ай бұрын

@@Alsayid Latvia has been de jure independent for 105 years. She came here during an illegal occupation.

@amotriuc

5 ай бұрын

@@Snoy_Fly yea because she expects everyone else to speak Russian and in Latvia plenty do. Ex: goes to the store and tell speak Russian with me I do not understand ...

What a waste living in a country for 48 years and not making the effort to learn the native language of the country.

48 years and not learning local culture and language you are free to leave

@user-cb7bh1jl1c

5 ай бұрын

95% OF PEOPLE IN UKRAINE DID NOT KNOW THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE UNTIL 2022, LITERALLY

To all Russians living abroad, blame Putin for all the difficulties you are experiencing now and will be in the future.

@suportbghelp4938

5 ай бұрын

The future belong to Russia.

@TheCriticalSigma

5 ай бұрын

​@@suportbghelp4938Putin has flushed Russia's future down the pan.

@rickykhehra7299

5 ай бұрын

Don’t worry , once the red army marches everything will be Russian . Entire Europe and west including USA will be under Putin’s leadership this creating a new Roman Empire.

@rickykhehra7299

5 ай бұрын

Putin is the chosen leader of the entire white race .

@hellfire6372

5 ай бұрын

@@suportbghelp4938 nope, the future belongs to anti-Russian. Thanks to Putin, NATO has more members!

You can expect poor people of Arabic and African origin soon at Latvia's border. This is what Russia does when it wants to "repay" its enemies. It hurts other people and uses them as pawns. Russia does that to their own population already. I hope Latvia will get FULL SUPPORT from my country Poland to face this threat and keep their border IMPENETRABLE!

@JohnHenryEden2277

5 ай бұрын

This has already been happening for several years.

@MiSt3300

5 ай бұрын

@@JohnHenryEden2277 yes, sorry I ment to say that the flow will increase

@Truffle_Young_Jr

5 ай бұрын

Do poor people of Arabic and Latvian origin get paid by Russians to get to Europe?

@obinator9065

5 ай бұрын

@@MiSt3300Likely. I'm quite certain Russia is supportive of Hamas/Iran. And then there's there whole spiel in West-Africa.

@FenrirRobu

5 ай бұрын

Borders are already closed because they already did this.

Wait a minute didn’t Russia say they were going to stop teaching English in Russia?

Hi from Latvia. We have been hearing these threats already for like 30 years - the only thing that changes in their bs, is about what perpetual victims are "offended" this time.

Bravo Latvia for promoting your culture! 🇱🇻🤝🇺🇸

@user-pq1fu9jj6j

5 ай бұрын

Латвия 1992г 2 658 000 человек, 2022год 1870 000!😢😢😢😢 двигайтеь дальше!

@Blancrougeblanc

5 ай бұрын

@@user-pq1fu9jj6j при этом, 1989 - количество русских в Латвии - 905,515, в 2023 - 445,612. Двигаемся дальше 😉

@j.z.5678

5 ай бұрын

A useless language

@Blancrougeblanc

5 ай бұрын

@@j.z.5678 not in Latvia 🙄

@andreaaltan3982

5 ай бұрын

@@Blancrougeblanc in boring Latvia.

Bravo Latvia!🇨🇦

@First-Last_name

5 ай бұрын

Reclaiming their culture and history from russian colonialism. It's great to see

@conlangknow8787

5 ай бұрын

@@First-Last_namebro my granny ain’t done nothin’ wrong

@conlangknow8787

5 ай бұрын

@@First-Last_nameshe just lives in daugavpils leave her alone 😭😭

A disgrace. Lived in the country for 48 years and does not even know the basics of the national language.

If you're in another country, you should be learning their language at basic level. It benefits you as well as it allows you to integrate better.

A New day, a new threat

"Putin threatens neighboring country." Must be a day ending in -y.

If the local Russian population in Latvia doesn't like it, they can simply leave and rejoin their motherland. I hear there is plenty of space in Siberia and the Far East.

People saying they never learned the language… They were part of CCCP and Russian was the official language. It’s been 30 years so anyone in that age bracket would never have had to learn anything but Russian. Plus I’m pretty sure the language implementation wouldn’t have started till the mid to late 90s maybe even early 2000’s

living in another country for 48 years, but don’t know or don’t want to learn their language?

"I have lived here for 48 years and not learned Latvian. Where would I go!!?" Here's a crazy thought, how about going to Russia. I heard they speak Russian there

Id be embarrassed if if lived somewhere for 48 years and couldnt speak the language

Putin has nothing left to offer than empty threats. No one is intimidated 😂

@alexben8674

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, we can see those Ukrainian

@mspaint93

5 ай бұрын

​@@alexben8674 "Three day military operation" rofl

@matthiasklopke161

5 ай бұрын

@@alexben8674 After 670 days of war, the mighty Russian army yesterday celebrated the capture of a formerly 9,000-inhabitant community in Ukraine. These are ridiculous successes for the "world power" Russia.

@Fakename99469

5 ай бұрын

You forget that Ukraine and Russia were one country with one military so it only makes sense that they are more or less equally matched ​@@matthiasklopke161

@lettheflamestakeover7374

5 ай бұрын

@@mspaint932 years later you still type the same line😂