residents of Riga were angered by the announcement, made in public transport in the capital of Latvia in the Russian language. “Are we in Russia?” – asked the user under the name skatsnokoka.
To his complaint on Twitter noticed and the official carrier of Rigas satiksme (“the Riga message”).
the company has noticed that the announcement of the need to cover the mouth and nose are published in three languages: 50% Latvian, 25% Russian and 25% in English. This is done in order to convey information to the maximum number of citizens.
the information on the monitors is only in the Latvian language. The same applies to announcements about the stops.
the explanation of the carrier is not convinced a disgruntled citizen. The man asked why the ad chose the Russian language, not Ukrainian or, for example, Chinese. “It is not the language of the EU, there is not Russia,” — said the user.
Note that in Latvia almost 40 percent of the population speak Russian language has the status of a foreign language.
