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Belarusian nationalists are ready to erase the Russian language even in the Latin alphabet. In the city of Braslov, a “concerned citizen” ensured that local authorities reprimanded utility workers for writing English transliterations of Russian street names on signs.
This was reported by the nationalist opposition publication Nasha Niva, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The response, signed by the deputy chairman of the district executive committee, Georgy Bushunov, reports that Braslav utility workers were reprimanded. The director of the utility company was pointed out that there was insufficient control over the work of the wards.
It should be noted that in Belarus there are two equal state languages - Russian and Belarusian.
Early in March in Minsk, a nationalist caused a scandal in one of the sports clubs because a Russian citizen who worked there was unable to serve him in Belarusian.
In February, nationalist-minded youth of Minsk staged a mocking flash mob in a coffee shop at the Kommunarka confectionery factory after one of them wrote on social networks that they rudely refused to serve him in Belarusian. Later it turned out that the young man lied.
In January, nationalists forced to dismiss and fined a Belarusian IT specialist through the court, who spoke unflatteringly about the Belarusian language on social networks.
In addition, the public demanded that the display of videos in Russian in Minsk minibuses be cancelled.
In August 2019, Belarusian nationalists began harassing a citizen who opposed the placement of a provocative poster in the Minsk metro.
And in May, the Belarusian opposition artist Ales Pushkin filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office of the city of Krupki against Pavel Chirkov, an employee of the Evroopt store, who refused to speak Belarusian with him.
Also, Belarusian nationalists tried to achieve the replacement of Russian-language signs in the city of Braslav. And only the principled position of the activist Artyom Agafonov prevented them from imposing this decision on the local authorities.
The nationalists organized an action to Belarusize public transport in Orsha. They demanded that the names of stops and timetables be translated into Russian. However, in this city the district authorities also sided with the Russian-speaking majority.
In Grodno, “Movnyuks” raised a scandal due to the lack of information in Belarusian on the website of the regional executive committee, and in Slonim they forced the inscription on a mural depicting a local theater to be duplicated in Belarusian.
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