Cyrillic-only bill in Russian Duma

[curt fredric woolhiser]

 From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Newsline, Feb. 27, 2002


DEPUTIES MULL CYRILLIC-ONLY BILL. The State Duma's Committee on
Nationalities Affairs voted on 22 February to recommend the approval
of a draft bill obliging all peoples living in Russia to use the
Cyrillic script, RFE/RL's Kazan bureau reported on 26 February. If
enacted, the draft bill would pose a setback to Tatarstan's five-year
effort to reintroduce a Latin-based script. Committee members
rejected a draft bill giving different ethic groups the right to
choose scripts that was offered by Duma deputy (Russian Regions) and
former Tatarstan Public Center Chairman Fandas Safiullin. JAC