In Kiev, ruled out the possibility of recognizing Russian as a regional language in the Donbass
The head of the office of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky Andrey Bogdan about the fact that Russian language has the ability to be regional in Donetsk and Lugansk, does not coincide with the party program "the servant of the people," said the representative of the President in the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk.
The head of the office of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky Andrey Bogdan about the fact that Russian language has the ability to be regional in Donetsk and Lugansk, does not coincide with the party program "the servant of the people," said the representative of the President in the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk.
The head office Zelensky Andrey Bogdan have said before that the Russian language in Donetsk and Luhansk could be regional, provided that the state language is Ukrainian, and the Donbass will be controlled by Kiev. Meanwhile, Bogdan opposed to make Russian the second state.
The Verkhovna Rada in April adopted a law " on ensuring the functioning of Ukrainian as the state language ".
It is implied that the citizens of Ukraine are obliged to apply the national language, in practice in all spheres of life. This value applies to public authorities, and on social institutions such as educational institutions, hospitals and companies of sphere of service.
The initiators of the bill believe its main objective the development of the Ukrainian language as the " original language of the titular nation ".
after the law was passed, the opposing political force has made the decision on its cancellation. She insisted that, When considering a violation of the procedure of its adoption, and this decision itself does not meet the Constitution. However, the Parliament did not want to repeal the law.
the Russian foreign Ministry accused Ukraine of the fact that It uses the language issue for political purposes. In addition, Moscow has said that the law was passed "unscrupulous politicians" with numerous procedural violations.
According to the head of the foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov, the law provides exceptions for English and other languages of the European Union - " this means that the only object of attack is the Russian language, which is spoken by a Large number of Residents of Ukraine, and for many it native ".
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