Medvedev: attempts to ban Russian language in Ukraine were nearsighted
Attempts to ban Russian language in Ukraine were dangerous and short-sighted, said the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation D. Medvedev A. at the meeting with activists of the " United Russia ".
on the next day after the change of power in Kiev, 23 February, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has abrogated the law of 2012 on the state language policy, which envisaged the possibility of official bilingualism in 13 of the 27 regions of the country. The Parliament's decision to abolish the language law has provoked unrest in the South and South-East of Ukraine, and on 1 March it was announced that the acting President of Ukraine Alexander Turchinov refused to sign the Decision of the Rada.
" It was a dangerous and short-sighted Decision, " Medvedev said.
numerous protests have been launched in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February of the current year. It has been the response of local citizens at the forcible change of power in Kiev and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law, giving the Russian language regional status. The center of confrontation between Pro-Russian-minded people became Donbass.