[lg policy] More on Ukraine language law

Thu Aug 9 14:00:09 UTC 2012

Ukraine elevates status of Russian
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AFP
"Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed the law on 'the foundations
of the state *language policy*'," his office said in a statement. The law
boosts the status of Russian but stops short of making it a second state
language and follows clashes *...*
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AFP<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gYsR4yWHubQkRpfSCtOOBQ0K2BrQ%3FdocId%3DCNG.e0ad6bedb364f8da87ac32b665fb0008.9c1&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoAzAAOABAl82MgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=F8spZVIbaVk&usg=AFQjCNEI-c0gb-m2In7_xDFlu4_mucmoEw>Yanukovych
signs *language* bill into
law<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/yanukovych-signs-language-bill-into-law-311230.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATABOAFAl82MgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=F8spZVIbaVk&usg=AFQjCNEJtx_nZDBug9T45seSaMMcfGmgrQ>
Kyiv Post
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed the bill on the principles of state *language
policy* initiated by the Regions Party on July 3. The document
significantly expands the sphere of use of Russian and languages of other
national minorities in the regions *...*
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Kyiv Post<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/yanukovych-signs-language-bill-into-law-311230.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoAzABOAFAl82MgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=F8spZVIbaVk&usg=AFQjCNEJtx_nZDBug9T45seSaMMcfGmgrQ><http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.montrealgazette.com/Marois%2Blanguage%2Bproposals%2Btouch/7060088/story.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATACOAJAl82MgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=F8spZVIbaVk&usg=AFQjCNEhxVVmxim6ujR-iyfHoNNMWCkrMA>
Yanukovych demands to adopt a program of Ukrainian *language*
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ForUm
The state program of development of the Ukrainian language should improve
the implementation of the state *language policy*, President of Ukraine
Viktor Yanukovych said during his meeting with the representatives of
scientific and creative intelligentsia *...*
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ForUm<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://en.for-ua.com/news/2012/08/08/110722.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoAzADOANAl82MgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=F8spZVIbaVk&usg=AFQjCNGgc6C2eR57gyXuG6FI1YBZTm2UUw>Kolesnichenko:
Yanukovych will sign *language*
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Kyiv Post
Sevastopol – Regions Party parliamentary faction MP Vadym Kolesnichenko has
said that Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will sign the bill on the
principles of the state *language policy* soon. "I think that the president
will sign this bill in the *...*
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Kyiv Post<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/kolesnichenko-yanukovych-will-sign-language-bill-311192.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoAzAEOARAl82MgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=F8spZVIbaVk&usg=AFQjCNHLZEqFErCU6Yokm-nCBr8B0h_iMQ>Yanukovych
Signs *Language*
Bill<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.rferl.org/content/ukrainian-president-signs-elevating-status-of-russian-/24670768.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAFOAVAl82MgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=F8spZVIbaVk&usg=AFQjCNFtBFOIFLe4sybMuzFTqRo_4jmLIA>
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Yanukovych office released a statement on August 8 saying the Ukrainian
president had signed the highly controversial law on "the foundations of
the state *language policy*." The law greatly expands the possibilities for
use of the Russian language in *...*
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