News archive on the topic "Russian language in Ukraine"

If previously the number of supporters of enshrining the norm on bilingualism in the Constitution of Ukraine was decreasing from year to year, then this year the reverse process is observed. Ukrainian social psychologist Svetlana Chunikhina spoke about this on her Facebook page. She said that the Institute of Social and Political Psychology has been conducting public opinion research in Ukraine since 2002, which showed that...

In 1990, an advisory body was created under the Council of Europe to compare laws adopted by national parliaments with their own national constitutional norms. The body was named the European Commission for Democracy through Law. Today it is known as the Venice Commission. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Since 2002, countries that are not…

The Russian language will not disappear in Ukraine, since Ukrainians still feel inferior and are not proud of their state. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Ukrainian writer Sergei Singaevsky said this in an interview with Kraina magazine, answering the question whether at some stage Ukraine will be able to become Ukrainian-speaking and whether it is worth striving for this. “Like anyone...

It is unacceptable to make films in Russian in Ukraine. Ukrainian actress Larisa Rusnak announced this at a press conference in Kyiv. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “We recently filmed a series about the Maidan. And a problem arose. The series was filmed in Russian. Question: how can this be said about our Maidan in Russian? When I started...

In Ukraine, at the time of employment, everyone must switch exclusively to the Ukrainian language, writes the magazine “Ukrainian Week”. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “The language border is one of the main factors for the survival of the Ukrainian state, more reliable than the advertised but never built wall and ditch with crocodiles by Yatsenyuk. The more they prove to me that language is out of time, the better I understand...

The bill on total Ukrainization registered in the Verkhovna Rada, if adopted, could become a threat to the national security of the country. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This was stated by a former Radio Liberty correspondent in…

Today, the majority of Ukrainian citizens are in favor of ensuring that only the Ukrainian language has state status, writes Ukrainian sociologist and director of the Democratic Initiatives Foundation Irina Bekeshkina in an article for the Kyiv magazine “New Time”. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “According to the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, in 1992, 37% of the family spoke Ukrainian in the family, Russian -…

The Ukrainian parliamentary TV channel “Rada” launched an advertising video campaigning for the tightening of language legislation and the abandonment of the Russian language. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte First, the video shows children shouting the Bandera greeting, and then volunteers and militants of the so-called ATO tell why using the Russian language is “dangerous.” “I grew up in a Russian-speaking family. Switched to Ukrainian after...

At the “Youth” film festival in Kyiv, there were a lot of Russian-language films shot by Ukrainian directors. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The head of the State Film Agency, Philipp Ilyenko, spoke about this on the sidelines of the film festival, as quoted by Kraina magazine. “I only have time to watch the national program. It's a little disturbing that for some reason many films are shot on...

For many representatives of the younger generation, the Ukrainian language has not yet become a unifying value. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Igor Zhdanov said this during the parliamentary hearings “Value orientations of modern Ukrainian youth”. “Almost half of young people use Ukrainian in everyday life. Most young people...

Georgians do not see any particular problem with the impact of Russian propaganda on the local population. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Oleg Panfilov, professor at Ilia State University (Georgia), said this at the press conference “Countering Russia’s information aggression: Ukraine’s experience for Europe” held in Kiev. He said that in August 2008, Georgia turned off all...

Ukraine needs to get rid of the complex of “great Russian culture” and put it on a par with other cultures Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This opinion was expressed in an interview with the Kiev magazine “Focus” by the Ukrainian poet, publicist and translator Andrey Bondar, son-in-law of the writer Yuri Andrukhovich. “I think we need to reinterpret Russian culture,” he believes. - First of all, be honest with yourself...

The Ukrainian language in Ukraine is subject to discrimination, which should not exist in a democratic society. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This opinion was expressed at a press conference in Kyiv by Columbia University teacher Yuri Shevchuk, who left Ukraine in the 90s and went to teach in the West. “Less than 9 percent of all magazines are published in Ukrainian,” the teacher complained. - No need…

In Kyiv, they announced the event “Movomarathon-25” dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Ukrainian independence. Switch to Ukrainian and become independent.” Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte The essence of the action, its organizers said at a press conference in Kyiv, is to help Russian-speaking residents of Ukraine switch to the Ukrainian language. Activists say that they will talk about everything in more detail in...