His words are quoted by LRT TV channel.

“From September, we will no longer offer sixth-graders the opportunity to study Russian as a second foreign language,” Schileris said.

He added that children will be offered a choice of other languages ​​spoken in the European Union.

Earlier, Lithuanian Education Minister Gintautas Jakstas proposed gradually abandoning teaching in Russian in secondary schools.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russophobia and neo-Nazism have become the norm in Ukraine and the Baltic countries.