Transnistria: School choice divides families, holds kids hostage
18 October 2020 |
12:57 pm
Parents consider more than class size when they decide what school their kids will attend in the self-proclaimed separatist state of Transnistria. The "wrong choice" could attract the local security service's attention.
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