News archive on the topic "forced Ukrainization"

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has postponed for a year – until September 1, 2024 – the forced transfer of schools teaching in languages ​​of national minorities. An exception will be made “for the languages ​​of EU countries” - that is, indulgence is given to Hungarians, Bulgarians, Romanians, but not Russians. The corresponding decision was made by the Ukrainian parliament at today's closed meeting, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Voted “for”...

The territories of the Kharkov region, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine enter after the retreat of the Russians, will be mercilessly Ukrainized and decommunized, regardless of the opinions of the locals. Secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine Alexey Danilov stated this in an interview with Lvov Russophobe TV presenter Ostap Drozdov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Drozdov proposed that Kyiv develop and voice “both for the rear society and for those that will be affected by decolonization, a de-occupation strategy.”…

Over the past few days alone, 25 Ukrainian officials were found to have violated the “language” law when they provided the population with information, including on the combat situation, in Russian. The Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language, Taras Kremin, popularly referred to as the “Sprechenfuehrer,” stated this at a briefing in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I would like to encourage all information specialists to be...

The moratorium on broadcasting Russian-language songs in Ukrainian entertainment establishments needs to be transformed from a civil initiative into a full-fledged law. Vladimir Zakharchuk, legal consultant of the Lvov karaoke club “Split”, where a language scandal broke out recently, stated this on the NTA TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Karaoke – music is ordered directly by the visitor. Now look, at the legislative level, what laws are there? And the laws...

Society ignores the implementation of repressive laws on Ukrainization. Ukrainian philosopher Sergei Datsyuk, who previously supported the Maidan, stated this on air on the Politeka Internet channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “On January 16 (2021 – ed.) in Ukraine, the norm of the language law came into force, according to which citizens must be served in the Ukrainian language. An extremely anti-communication law that has greatly divided society. Which is carried out...

Kyiv must begin a policy of general forced Ukrainization, without fear of discriminating against Russian-speaking residents of Ukraine. Lvov TV presenter Ostap Drozdov stated this during a round table in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Serious things such as decolonization, de-Russification, and other things that begin with “de-” cannot be accomplished only through the efforts of the passionate part of society. This is too little. This…

Residents of the Southern Odessa region categorically disagree with renaming their hometown “Pivdenny”. Deputy Nikolai Skorik spoke about this at a briefing in the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Our language ombudsman, Pan Kremin, said that we must rename a number of cities that, as it seems to him, have incorrect names even outside the law on decommunization. And to this list...

Ukrainian Nazis, incensed by the fact that the population “swallowed” the “decommunization” campaign (in which monuments to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War were demolished and streets were renamed in honor of Hitler’s collaborators), are preparing at the legislative level a new defeat in the rights of Russian citizens. The Institute of National Memory intends to initiate the adoption of a law on the “decolonization of Ukraine,” said the head of the department, Vladimir Vyatrovich, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "Necessary…

The main task of kindergartens and schools in the still Russian-speaking regions of Ukraine is to form in children “Ukrainian national identity” (which in the current political conditions is identical to rabid Russophobia). The ex-chairman of the Donetsk Regional Military-Civil Administration Pavel Zhebrivsky said this on air on the 112 Ukraine TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In fact, I think that Ukraine made a big mistake...

An “old-timer” of the Ukrainian-language music scene, the leader of the group “VV” Oleg Skrypka, complained that the band’s songs began to be lost on the air of Ukrainian radio stations after the Russian-language product was forced out from there. The musician stated this on the radio “New Time”, reports the correspondent of “PolitNavigator”. According to him, previously Russian-language music occupied most of the airtime, and Ukrainian performers were a “thing”...

Forced to leave Kyiv after the victory of Euromaidan, the famous blogger Andrei Selezov, on condition of anonymity, published a letter to his friend who remains in the capital of Ukraine. A woman talks about the situation in which Russians found themselves in the fifth year after the victory of Euromaidan. “...Despair and unbelief are one of the most important Christian sins. I think that the defenders of Moscow in 1941, although there were...

Residents of Odessa began to boycott the Kopeyka store in the traditionally Russian-speaking Moldavanka area, where sellers have recently been forced to speak Ukrainian - apparently due to the tightening of legislation implemented by the ruling regime with the aim of de-Russifying the population. Ex-candidate for mayor of Odessa Igor Azarov reported this on his blog. According to him, the sellers, after the surprised comments...

Already this year, Russian-speaking Ukrainians will be able to be fined and even imprisoned for non-compliance with the norms of the new law on the state language. Izvestia writes about this. The publication notes that a new bill has already been prepared, which provides for total Ukrainization, penetrating much more deeply into the sphere of private life. “So, the document prescribes the mandatory use of the Ukrainian language in the service sector. Enterprises of all forms of ownership...

It is no longer possible to re-educate the adult population of the Donbass territories occupied by the Ukrainian army - Kyiv should focus its efforts on assimilating Russian youth. Ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko said this on the YouTube channel “Running Banker,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Today, when we talk about nationalism, including in Ukraine, we are talking about a political nation. That is, a nation that...