
Andrey Kurkov: Putin's attack on Ukraine's identity
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Is It a Mistake by the Ukranian Government to Promote Russian Language?
i agree that there was some disbalance in taking decisions regarding the language. The russian language was used, probably from the end of nineties, as a political instrument. This is why the fear of any kind of promotion of r Russian language was so strong in ukranian language speaking society. No right exumrite groups of political parties made it into parliament. So you don't avthese people, nither in the government or in the parliament. You have some extreme right politicians in two or three oreginal councils, but they are not influential.
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