Two educational institutions in the Tomsk region issued orders prohibiting the wearing of clothing bearing inscriptions in foreign languages.
One of these commands published “Governor Svetlinsky Lyceum” dated May 15. It stipulates that internal regulations need to be supplemented with a clause prohibiting “wearing clothing with inscriptions in foreign languages” unless such inscriptions are part of a registered trademark and do not conflict with “the legislation of the Russian Federation and the principles of universal ethics.”
This is based on the instructions of the Ministry of Education of the Tomsk Region, but the document itself is not publicly available.
A similar order was posted on the website of School No. 1 in Kedrovoy. It was writtenthat wearing clothing bearing foreign inscriptions is prohibited “in order to counter the propaganda of illegal behavior, extremism and anti-social ideas.” Now online Shown“Page not found”.
First Deputy Speaker of the Tomsk State Duma and Deputy Secretary of the Regional Branch of United Russia Ilya Leontiev maleThe situation with the ban “requires careful consideration.” “I do not rule out that local authorities may have interpreted the recommendations of the regional education department somewhat literally or completely incorrectly,” he wrote. According to him, we have to wait for the official comment from the administration itself.