Critics say the move is discriminatory and at a time when there is an acute labour shortage, Russia needs to find better ways to help migrants integrate.
As a graduate of a Russian school in a national Soviet republic, I can clearly see the roots of this debate. Part of it comes from an education system overwhelmed with modern Russian ideology, which is in essence racist. In Soviet Union, I’ve been told, school curriculum in a national school was few years behind a Russian school. Some degrees were only available in Russian. 34 years on and the approach hasn’t changed, it seems.
As a graduate of a Russian school in a national Soviet republic, I can clearly see the roots of this debate. Part of it comes from an education system overwhelmed with modern Russian ideology, which is in essence racist. In Soviet Union, I’ve been told, school curriculum in a national school was few years behind a Russian school. Some degrees were only available in Russian. 34 years on and the approach hasn’t changed, it seems.