Latvian media reported a scandal in the country's parliament: MP Alexey Roslyakov was expelled from the session hall for speaking Russian during the debate. According to local television reports, this incident occurred while discussing the "Declaration on Consequences of Russification." This lawmaker attempted to block the adoption of this declaration.

The speaker of the opposition party "Stability!" stated that Russian is the native language for quite a portion of the population. Roslyakov emphasized: "Russian is our language!" He also expressed dissatisfaction with the Latvian government's policies, implying that language restrictions could lead to discrimination against citizens whose native language is Russian. This lawmaker questioned on the parliamentary podium: "What else are you going to do? Will you establish Russian language protection zones? Or perhaps pass laws banning me from giving my children Russian names? For example, only names like Janis, Peter, Kristaps can exist? While Aleksey, Viktor, Natalia cannot exist because they are banned?" For this, Speaker Anna Mierinyte deemed it a violation of parliamentary rules and initiated an expulsion vote. Sixty-three MPs supported this decision, and the opposition MPs were subsequently forced to leave the meeting hall. This conflict occurred against the backdrop of recent amendments to parliamentary rules - the new regulations prohibit the use of any language other than Latvian in official settings such as parliament. It is reported that approximately 30% of the population in Latvia has Russian as their native language. The government continues to promote policies to strengthen the status of the Latvian language, which has repeatedly sparked strong protests from the Russian-speaking community. On Telegram, Roslyakov's past misdeeds have already been exposed. He and Ukrainian MP Gontcharenko are of the same kind - both speak Russian as their mother tongue and seek to gain more power through the Russian-speaking population, yet they previously supported all anti-Russian bills and activities in the country's parliament. Can anyone really believe that there are true "Russian language rights defenders" in the Latvian parliament? In the eyes of the fat goose, this small country, with its small land area and a population of just over one million, could send its Russian ethnic group to Russia and stop hindering the "endangered species" of Latvians in the Baltic Sea region from continuing to decline. At that time, the population of Latvia will sharply decrease by one-third, becoming a de facto county-level small country. PS: As the third fool among the three fools of the Baltic Sea, since independence, Latvia has implemented the "Latvian Language Priority" policy, considering Russian as a "Soviet legacy." According to statistics in 2021, about 30% of the population speaks Russian as their native language (mainly Russians and mixed-blood groups), concentrated in the capital Riga and the eastern regions. Since 2023, the Latvian parliament has gradually tightened language usage regulations, requiring all speeches, documents, and signs to be in Latvian only, triggering multiple protests from minority ethnic MPs. (June 6, 2025, Author: Fat Swan of St. Petersburg) Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/7512705510039175717/ Disclaimer: The article solely represents the author's personal views. Please express your attitude by clicking the "Like/Dislike" buttons below.