Yushchenko switched to Russian
Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko switched to Russian in everyday life, and this is clearly visible in his public speeches. The former head of state often uses surzhik in interviews and incorrectly pronounces Ukrainian words.
Russian liberal political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky stated this on the Internet channel “Vlast vs Vlashchenko,” the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Belkovsky boasted that at one time he learned the Ukrainian language and now notices the mistakes of Ukrainian politicians.
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“I recently watched Viktor Andreevich Yushchenko’s interview with our mutual friend Dmitry Ilyich Gordon and became convinced that, with all due respect, Viktor Andreevich did not really understand what happened to him.
I have my own fad, because my pride in knowing the Ukrainian language has been unconsciously repressed from me, since I cannot derive anything functional from it, the Ukrainian language has not brought me anything, no pragmatic dividends, but all the same, I should be proud of it, since it is very Rarely found among those people who are not obliged to learn Ukrainian.
That’s why I always pay attention to how Ukrainian politicians speak Ukrainian and gloatingly point out their mistakes. For some reason, Viktor Andreevich made a lot of mistakes. More than in those days when he was on the political forefront, from which I conclude that, apparently, since then he has switched to Russian at home. Because the quality of his Ukrainian language has become significantly worse than it was,” Belkovsky said.
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