<h1>Azarov: Language policy legislation should protect rights of people</h1>
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<div class="info">July 14, 2012, 8:39 a.m. | <a href="http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/">Politics</a> — by <strong>Interfax-Ukraine</strong></div>
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<p> An opposition protester holds an umbrella with the
colors of the Ukrainian flag as he protects himself against hot weather
in front of the parliament in Kiev on July 6, 2012, during a permanent
rally against a controversial bill elevating the status of Russian. The
parliament adjourned on July 6 for a summer recess despite failing to
resolve a crisis over its rushed passing of the bill. In its final
session, the Verkhovna Rada voted not to even consider whether to accept
the resignation of speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn who announced he would quit
after not being warned the chamber was preparing to pass the bill. The
Rada is not due to convene again until September 4 and the recess
essentially leaves Ukrainian politics in limbo as the speaker's
signature is required for the bill -- adopted on July 4 -- to be
considered approved. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY<br><span>© AFP</span></p>
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<p>Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has said that Ukraine's
language legislation should protect people's right to use their native
language.
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<p> "The root of the problem is that we should give our
people a possibility to live in comfort, not to restrict their right to
read books, watch movies in a language that is natural to them," the
premier wrote on his page in Facebook on Friday.</p><p>"I hope that
after some time more and more people in Ukraine will share the idea that
human rights should be in first place and the legislation should be
based on this axiom," he added.</p>
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