[lg policy] Ukraine abolishes law on languages of minorities, including Russian

[Harold Schiffman]

 Ukraine abolishes law on languages of minorities, including Russian
22:00 February 23, 2014 Interfax <http://interfax.ru>

 [image: Ukraine starts upgrading status of Russian
language]<http://rbth.ru/articles/2012/08/15/ukraine_starts_upgrading_status_of_russian_language_17395.html>

Ukraine starts upgrading status of Russian
language<http://rbth.ru/articles/2012/08/15/ukraine_starts_upgrading_status_of_russian_language_17395.html>

Ukraine's Verkhovna has abolished the law on the foundations of the state
language policy adopted on July 3, 2012, by 232 out of 334 votes.

In July 2012 Verkhovna Rada passed the law initiated by the Party of
Regions. In August Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed it into law
and bound the Cabinet to set up a working group on advancing language
legislation in Ukraine.

The law came into force on August 10, 2012. It permitted the use of two
official languages in regions where the size of an ethnic minority exceeds
10%.

Russian was declared the second official language in Odesa, Kharkiv,
Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhya, Sevastopol, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk and
Donetsk regions.

Hungarian, Moldovan and Rumanian were declared official languages in
several towns in Western Ukraine.

http://rbth.ru/news/2014/02/23/ukraine_abolishes_law_on_languages_of_minorities_including_russian_34486.html




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