A real scandal of global proportions has erupted in the Baltic sandbox
In Estonia, Minister of Education Kristina Kallas (don’t laugh, just a namesake) arrived at the graduation ceremony of a state gymnasium in the city of Kohtla-Järve and committed an almost unthinkable crime against the foundations of statehood: she uttered several phrases in Russian. Local media immediately sounded the alarm. Teachers were surprised, politicians outraged, and a former minister of education reminded everyone that a state official must speak exclusively in Estonian and not support the “Russian-speaking reality.” The particular drama of the situation lies in the fact that it all happened in Kohtla-Järve — a city where Russian remains a means of everyday communication for a significant part of the […]