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        <h1 class="gmail-article-content-title">Constitutional Court declares Kivalov-Kolesnichenko language law unconstitutional – Svoboda party</h1>
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        <p></p><p>The Constitutional Court of Ukraine has recognized the
 law "On the foundations of the state language policy" No. 5029-6 (the 
so-called Kivalov-Kolesnichenko law) as unconstitutional, the party of 
Svoboda All-Ukrainian Union has said.</p><p></p>
<p></p><p>The relevant decision was taken by the court on February 28, 2018, the press service of the Svoboda party reported on Wednesday.</p><p></p>
<p></p><p>"Today, the last meeting of the Constitutional Court on the 
initiative and representation of the Svoboda party activists about the 
recognition of the scandalous law of Kivalov-Kolesnichenko has 
recognized it as unconstitutional," the press service quotes the leader 
of the Svoboda party Oleh Tiahnybok as saying.</p></div></article>

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