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Educators worry as Latvia phases out Russian in schools


Educators worry as Latvia phases out Russian in schools
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Latvia's government has been moving to phase out teaching in the Russian language in the country's schools. It's part of a bid to reduce Moscow's influence in the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But as Henry Wilkins reports from the Latvian capital’s largely Russian-speaking Daugavgriva neighborhood, some educators and security experts say the move could be playing into the hands of the Kremlin's propagandists.

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