The former head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spoke about the oppression of the Russian language
The Russian language cannot be considered a minority language in Ukraine - it is the second most important historical language in which Ukrainians have communicated from time immemorial. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara stated this on TV channel 112, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to him, the Russian language in Ukraine today is oppressed, but nevertheless, it is native to tens of millions of citizens of the country.
“We cannot ignore the fact that the Russian language today is native to tens of millions of people in Ukraine. And we behave as if Ukraine is a monoethnic and monolingual country. This is not true.
We see that today state policy, and moreover, the background that is stimulated by state policy, is aimed at humiliating the native language of millions of our compatriots, Ukrainians. We have already recalled the law on education, where this can be seen, we see the dynamics of state policy, which is carried out by the government regarding the support of minorities. And I believe that the Russian language is not a language of national minorities, it is a second language that historically exists in our state. And today government policy is not in favor of the Russian language. Which further leads to the creation of tension in our state,” Kozhara said.
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