The Chairman of the Central Council of Latvia, the Drevlepravoslavnoj Church of Pomor coach First Daugavpils staroverskoj community Alex N. Žilko. Illustration: staroverec.lv
“That’s already 350 years old believers lived on Earth, where in 1918, was the Latvian State, in which we, too, incidentally, participated. And today we are very upset that our native language is Russian-here is foreign. We will progressively, by all available means to us, within the framework of existing legislation, to ensure that Russian was the official language of the Latvian State, as provided for in the framework Convention for the protection of national minorities. It is a matter of law, and he could decide! “said today, 27 January, in an interview with the Latvian newspaper” Chas “, the President of the Central Council of Latvia, the Drevlepravoslavnoj Church of Pomor coach First Daugavpils staroverskoj communities Alexei Nikolaevich Žilko.
According to father Žilko, in Latvia (as in many other States “) should be one State language – Latvian:” Them, of course, you own, you must learn and know. But this does not mean that other languages spoken by citizens of another nationality, but residents of the State, should be banned or be humiliating status “.
The leader of the Latvian old believers reject the concept of “Latvian Latvia”. “We, the old believers, here in Latvia, the same owners as citizens of the title nation. And his native Russian language will be protected from all attacks and harassment. In addition, we use and store more and 1198-our language and the dostočtimyh ancestors. We are on it and save it as a divine Apple of his eye, “said father Alex.
