and French allies defeated German National Socialism seventy-seven years ago. Now, as any appeal for support from the Russian Federation would even more aggravate the protection of Russian-speakers rights in Latvia, we can apply only to the European Union and the United Nations. In the meantime, we witness that conservative and nationalistic politicians in Latvia strive to take use of this situation and of an apathy that has spread among Russians in Latvia after the invasion began. The Minister of Education openly has stated that her proposal is important right now, cynically hoping that the Russian-speaking community in Latvia can be demoralised and unable to show effective resistance to the final elimination of the comprehensive education in the Russian language. It is by the decision of the government and the parliament of Latvia that the GENERAL education, which comprises the studies of subjects in the Russian language, will be completely terminated and substituted by the INTEREST-related education. This kind of education in contrast with the general 3 (5)