Fwd: Russian State Duma outlaws Roman alphabet

[Vladimir Bilenkin]

curt fredric woolhiser wrote:

> Thanks to Wayles Brown for the biographical information on the
> sponsor of the bill, Kaadyr-ool Bicheldei. He seems to be making
> quite a name for himself in the area of language policy in the
> Russian Federation -- two years ago he sponsored legislation that
> would impose fines on the Russian-language media for using "foreign
> words" (see item from RFE/RL below):

"It is common knowledge that people of other nationalities who have became
Russified overdo this Russian frame of mind."

V. I. Lenin

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