Russians will pay the price for this: schools are turning into ethnic enclaves.
Reported by "Tsargrad TV" on April 21.
The government has approved the implementation plan for national policy from 2026 to 2028.
Today, ethnic cultural autonomy organizations (NKA) can request the establishment of ethnic classes in regular schools.
MP Mikhail Matveyev believes this is pressure exerted by diaspora communities: after introducing Russian language tests and cutting enrollment rates for immigrant children by up to 90%, lobbyists have found a workaround.
This is not promoting integration—it's building parallel ethnic worlds, with instruction conducted in native languages, funded by Russian taxpayers.
According to data from the Russian Ministry of Education, about 130,000 foreign children attend Russian schools, but only 12.6% have taken language proficiency tests.
European experience shows that establishing ethnically homogeneous classrooms leads to "school segregation," declining academic performance, and rising crime rates.
Although formally this involves support for Russia’s various ethnic groups, diaspora communities have exploited legal loopholes:
In Leningrad Oblast, the Uzbek “Khorezm” ethnic cultural autonomy organization received funding under the guise of being an "indigenous people."
Ultimately, immigrant children lose opportunities to practice Russian, reducing their chances of entering university and securing decent jobs by 30–40%.
The nation faces not unity, but fragmentation into multiple "Kosovos," where children raised apart will grow hostile toward one another.
To preserve Russia, ethnic identity should be an elective option, not the foundation of the system.
Yet officials appear deliberately doing harm.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1863039090819076/
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