![]() A school situated at Russia’s foreign mission in Riga would help to preserve and improve the status of Russian literature, culture, language and education in the country. ![]() Latvia is the target for more specific goals. This would include the nurturing of a Russian orientation and motivating “talented Russian speaking youth” in Russian universities. The plans call for Estonia to be the target of Russia’s “propaganda of Russian culture”. Extensive Russian classes will remain as options. Both had branches all over in Europe, which were closed due to sanctions.īoth Estonia and Latvia have recently legislated language reforms by which only the Estonian language will eventually be prime language of instruction in government funded kindergartens and primary schools. This proactive outreach is handled not only by the Foreign Ministry, but also its related agencies such as Rosso-trudnichestvo and the Rusky Mir (Russian World) Foundation. And thus, it holds the right to “protect” them militarily. Russia has always claimed to be the patron of ethnic Russians and Russian speakers worldwide, irrespective of their citizenship. Observers have for years contended that Russia’s ‘compatriots’ program has considered language and culture as crucial to their influence activities. But the society/culture-related aspects differ, depending on the specific strategic interests of Russia for each Baltic state. The political/military/security and trade/economic-related plans for each country are customized. Putin is more reckless and determined than any of his predecessors. ![]() We cannot dismiss Hungary in 1956, Czechosolovakia in 1968 and the current attack against Ukraine. Although some analysts claim that Russia intends to stop the erosion of its influence and aims to re-establish its former ‘sphere of influence’, for others this is a short-sighted interpretation. With the invasion of Ukraine, these plans may have lost their real-time validity, but they reinforce the necessity of heightened vigilance and military preparedness. The Directorate is staffed by Russian intelligence specialists from all three services – the FSB, GRU and SVR covering domestic/political, military and foreign aspects of the plans respectively. What assures us that the plans are authentic and not a Western ruse to justify the reinforcement of the Baltics’ military deterrence? Because, among other expert scrutinizers, the London-based Dossier Centre, Lithuania’s broadcaster LRT, Latvia’s Re:Baltic, Estonian Delfi, Poland’s Front Story, Süddeutsche Zeitung, German radio networks WDR and NDR, the Kyiv Independent, and Central European Front Square, Expressen, and others have trust in their authenticity.ĭeveloped by the Putin regime’s ‘Directorate for Cross-Border Co-operation’ in 2021, the leaked documents betray Moscow’s intentions to block the establishment of NATO military bases, weaken neighbouring democracies, bolster Russian culture and language, and influence and empower pro-Kremlin political groupings. … It’s Russia’s classic playbook – taken straight from the KGB,” says Estonian PM Kaja Kallas. We’ve been aware of it all along: “We know our neighbour.
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