Fwd: It's official: Russian is the state language

[curt fredric woolhiser]

>Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 13:56:45 -0600
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>From: curt fredric woolhiser <cfwoolhiser at mail.utexas.edu>
>Subject: It's official: Russian is the state language
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>RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
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>RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 7, No. 24, Part I, 6 February 2003
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>RUSSIA
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>IT'S OFFICIAL: RUSSIAN IS THE STATE LANGUAGE... State Duma deputies
>on 5 February passed the law on Russian as a state language in its
>third and final reading, Russian news agencies reported. The vote was
>248 in favor, with 37 against and one abstention, RosBalt reported.
>The law is designed to strengthen the right of citizens to use
>Russian as the state language. It prohibits the use of foreign words
>or expressions that have Russian-language equivalents in public
>documents or in civil, criminal, or administrative court proceedings,
>the agency reported. "The Moscow Times" reported earlier that since
>the Duma approved the bill in its first reading last June, deputies
>have eased proposed restrictions on journalists and television
>personalities, who would be able to use otherwise prohibited language
>if it is "an integral part of an artistic concept" (see "RFE/RL
>Newsline," 13 December 2002). JAC

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