lbktort t1_iyb8p8k wrote
Excluding Russian from the list of options seems unreasonable given Lithuania borders Russia. Putin won't be around in 50 years, but the Russian language will be. This reminds me of the US frowning upon German speaking communities in WW1.
"When the U.S. entered World War I, it mounted a war on German as well as Germany. Almost all American schools stopped teaching German." https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/653544#:~:text=On%20May%2023%2C%201918%2C%20Iowa,the%20language%20of%20the%20enemy.
Dildosauruss t1_iyc0qaa wrote
Russia was invading and oppressing Lithuania on and off for better part of last 250 years, Putin being gone is not likely to change their aspirations of dominating their neighbours.
Ithrazel t1_iyee4kq wrote
Unlike the Germans though, Russia has continuously been aggressive towards the baltics for hundreds of years.
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