CONGRESS OF THE FOREIGN RUSSIANS BECOMES IN THE FIRST HALF-YEAR TAKING
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MOSCOW, 5 March.  (RIA "Nowosti" correspondent Marija Posdnjakowa).
The congress of the Russians living abroad was taken into account for
the first half-year d.J..  This avowed Gennadi Selesnjow, chairman of
the Staatsduma - House of Commons of the Russian parliament, on the
14.  Session of the advice of the compatriots with the Staatsduma.
The advice consists of the delegated ones of the Russian
municipalities of the GUS states and the Baltic.

Gennadi Selesnjow stressed that the protection of our compatriots
requires abroad, " the efforts of all branches of power to concentrate
".  It applies above all to create " a right base for the protection
of the compatriots abroad ".  The speaker is convinced that the
government is to set more efficiently " the restaurant levers opposite
the Baltenlaendern in course ", around " the cultural and national
self-sufficiency of the russischsprachigen municipalities in these
countries to receive ".

" our national people set large hopes into the Russian guidance.  They
wait for moral, financial and political support ", said Selesnjow.

He expressed himself conviction-strongly the fact that Russia
absolutely " and the Baltenlaendern support the Russian centers in the
GUS states financially and economically as well as must finance
periodic outputs in Russian language ".  " a particularly current
problem of our compatriots abroad is today the discrimination of the
Russian language ", said Selesnjow.  In many community countries " the
prestige of the Russian language and Russian culture sinks;  fast the
upper and universities are closed, in which one can receive the
education in Russian language ".

On the other hand give it in the post office-Soviet space also "
positive examples of preservation to the Russian language ".  It
concerns white Russia, in which " 1.5 millions Russians do not fall
under the definition of the Russian municipality, but adequate
citizens of this country are ".  In white Russia newspapers and
magazines in Russian language appear according to Selesnjow.  On
television give it four russischsprachige programs.