The Verkhovna Rada passed a Draft Law that regulates the use of synonyms regarding the name of the Russian Federation. As reported, the story is about the word " Russia ". "a bill to ban the use of the historical name of the territory of Ukraine and its derivative words as the name or a synonym of the Russian Federation, the application of such names to refer to the present territory of the Russian Federation or any part thereof," according to the law, submitted to the Ukrainian Parliament of the people's Deputy Oksana Korchinsky and registered under? A. The name "Ukraine" comes from the ancient word "Okraina" - " borderland ", " outskirts ", which From the beginning were applied to different border lands of Russia and the Russian principalities. Since the XVIII century "Ukraine" is a well - known term on par With " Little Russia ". Later it became the official name of the territory.