In April 2019, Ukraine's parliament approved a new law restricting the use of the Russian language despite Russian being the most commonly used language in southern and eastern Ukraine.
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Libertarian Institute: Ukraine Adopts New Laws to ‘De-Russify’ Public Places
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has approved two new laws intended to erase signs of Russian culture in Ukraine. The statutes seek to rechristen all places in the country thought to carry Russian names, while local authorities will be required to “free public space from the symbols of the Russian world.”
Adopted last Friday, the laws will prohibit names that “perpetuate, promote or symbolize the occupying state or its notable, memorable, historical and cultural places, cities, dates, events,” and “its figures who carried out military aggression against Ukraine.”
The new statutes will take effect in 30 days, after which local officials will have six months to completely scrub public places of Russian culture. A board will be established to determine what names must be purged.
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WNU Editor: This is nothing new. Ukrainian nationalists have been implementing these measures since 2014 and is one of the reasons why the country has fractured between Ukrainians and Russian - Ukrainians.
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For years this blog has been warning about what would be the consequences if these policies are implemented. Even Zelensky warned about it (see above video). But too few listened, and over the years many even commented on this blog that these laws were NOT being passed.