education provides only language training and teaching of the history of minority culture. Since the general education is compulsory in Latvia, the Russian-speaking children, after the year 2025, should been instructed only in the official language at the general education school, but after the classes attend interest-related education in addition, if they can and their parents want. What is important to indicate is that the termination of education in the Russian language will be effected both in public schools and in private schools, thus equating public schools to private ones, which radically reduces the autonomy of the private schools. The process of adoption of new legislation has not been discussed with the parents’ community. No real opportunities were provided for involvement of them. However, what was demonstrated as such an opportunity, was defiantly formal and did not suppose any feedback on the part of the state, but rather “let off the steam”. Moreover, here is the quote from the annotation to the Education Law that paves the Latvianisation of education: “The retreat of people belonging to different 4 (5)