In Uzbekistan, a teacher beat a student who asked to be taught in Russian: Moscow is outraged
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In Uzbekistan, a teacher beat a student on the head because he asked her to teach a lesson in Russian.
Moscow asked Tashkent for an explanation, but it was advised to “mind its internal affairs”. reported the Uzbek service of “Radio Liberty”.
The incident happened on September 23 at school 188 of the Chilanzor district of Tashkent.
Judging by the video published on social networks, the teacher pulled the sixth-grader by the ear, and then took him out from behind the desk, took him by the throat and hit his head on the blackboard several times.
On September 25, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova, said that she had requested an explanation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan.
The Russian Federation demanded “to give a legal assessment of the incident” and “to take measures against the perpetrator of child abuse.”
Zakharova also mentioned the alleged “multi-century positive influence of the Russian language in mutual communication and cultural-educational, scientific, socio-economic relations” with Uzbekistan.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan has not yet responded to Moscow’s claim, but the Deputy Speaker of the Uzbek Parliament and the head of the “National Revival” party, Alisher Kadyrov, recommended Russia not to interfere in Uzbekistan’s internal affairs.
“The right of a child who is a citizen of Uzbekistan was violated in the school of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and measures will be taken based on the laws adopted on behalf of the people of Uzbekistan…
It would be right if they (Russians – ed.) went about their business with a lot of problems before getting involved in our internal affairs”Kadyrov wrote.
According to Radio Liberty, only 2% of ethnic Russians live in Uzbekistan, but Russian is still taught in schools across the country.
Previously the leader of “National Revival” offered introduce restrictions on citizens who do not know the Uzbek language, and also called for banning Soviet symbols on the territory of the country.
