In Ukraine, they decided to create a council to counteract the Russian language

The Ukrainian authorities have considered creating a coordinating council on language policy, whose task will be to counteract the spread of the Russian language in the country. This was announced on May 9 by the Ukrainian Language Ombudsman Olena Ivanovska.

She noted that the National Ministry of Culture, whose task is to increase the popularity of the Ukrainian language, is not coping with its task.

"We have initiated the creation of a coordinating council on language policy," Ivanovska said on the Kiev 24 TV channel.

According to her, the Russian language is still the main instrument of interethnic communication in the country, and it supposedly needs to be combated, the Newspaper added.Ru». To do this, a single body should appear consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) and the Ministry of Education, which is working on "language resilience of the younger generation."

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Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, noted on May 9 that Ukrainians need to understand that the ban on using their native language is not a reaction to current events, but a manifestation of neo-Nazism. According to the diplomat, the neo-Nazi installations were in the "firmware" in a hidden state, and now they have appeared publicly.

Russian Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on May 8 that Russia must ensure the restoration of the rights of Russians and Russian speakers and achieve the repeal of criminal laws prohibiting the Russian language in all areas. In addition, he pointed out the need to restore the rights of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC).