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<p class="z4">Half of Ukrainians want higher status of Russian language</p><br>
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<p>DONETSK, August 3 (Itar-Tass) -- Nearly half of Ukrainian citizens think that the status of the Russian language in Ukraine must be changed, says a report entitled "Socio-Political Preferences and Electoral Feelings of Ukrainian Citizens." 
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<p>The Ukrainian Sociological Service based the report on results of a poll, which was held nationwide on July 16-25. </p>
<p>Nearly 24% of 26,000 respondents said that the Russian language should acquire the state status in Ukraine, while another 23% said that the Russian language should receive the official status in areas compactly populated by ethnic Russians. 
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<p>Nearly 46% of the respondents bluntly said no to any changes in the language policy of the Ukrainian state. </p>
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