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<div>The Conversation<br>
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Russia is cracking down on minority languages — but a resistance movement is growing<br>
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Russia has spent the last several years aggressively advocating for the rights of Russian minorities abroad, and in particular for the “protection” of the Russian language...Yet just three months before Zheleznyak’s furious statement, Russia itself abolished
the compulsory teaching of minority languages at schools in its own “ethnic republics”.<br>
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Full story:<br>
https://theconversation.com/russia-is-cracking-down-on-minority-languages-but-a-resistance-movement-is-growing-101493</div>
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