Russia’s war is speeding up the Ukrainization of Ukraine
Ever since the conquest of most of the territory of Ukraine in the 18th century, the Russian Empire,…
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Why Ukraine can’t solve its language problem by adopting policies from Switzerland or France
Language policies have been a matter of contention – and sometimes confrontation – in Ukraine since the early…
Ukrainian language slowly yet steadily displaces Russian in Ukraine
Language was always a cornerstone of Ukraine’s national identity, along with Ukrainian aspirations for individual and national freedom…
Post-Euromaidan gains for Ukrainian language challenged by creeping Russification and state indiffirence
Since 2014, Ukraine has had a state policy for the protection and promotion of the Ukrainian language, to…
The rebirth of Ukrainian literature and publishing: famous contemporary authors and new policy for their support
Some trends in the publishing industry: Ukrainian is becoming the preferred language for publications; Ukraine is starting to…
Russian as a minority language in Ukraine vs Russian as Putin’s weapon: Is there a compromise?
Read also: Zelenskyy’s first Normandy and the illusion of progress How the murder of Artem Miroshnychenko illustrates the…
The language issue, high-profile killings, social cleavages: ex-SBU general on how Russian FSB plans to destabilize Ukraine
– Where would it be possible to destroy the country? How might this take place? How to counteract…
Kyiv moves to restore pre-Soviet Ukrainian spellings, infuriating Moscow
Maksym Strikha, the head of the Ukrainian National Commission o Morphology, yesterday announced the introduction of new rules…
Russian language use in post-Soviet space declining precipitously
The Euromonitor group, using UN and national data sets, reports that the number of people using Russian in…
Russian language knowledge declining precipitously in the world and even in Russia, Matviyenko says
In 1900, one in every seven people on earth spoke Russian; now only one in 50 does, a…
A short guide to the linguicide of the Ukrainian language | Infographics
During the XVII-XX ct, Ukraine was split up between various empires and states. The ruling regime of each of…
Expert: Russia willing to tolerate Ukrainians as “slightly different Russians”
Teachers of Ukrainian language and literature who have remained in “DNR” controlled territories have been ordered to re-qualify…
Putin’s language doesn’t threaten Russia’s neighbors but does threaten Russia, Shchetkina says
The Russian language used by Vladimir Putin — unlike the language of Pushkin — “doesn’t threaten Russia’s neighbors…
Moscow wields Russian again as hybrid weapon against its neighbors
At the end of last week, Eleonora Mitrofanova, Moscow’s ambassador for special assignments, said that “the Russian language…
Kivalov-Kolesnichenko Language Law: Kremlin’s Trojan horse in Ukraine
This law, passed with flagrant violations of Verkhovna Rada regulations, should be differently named, namely “On principles of…
Russian language knowledge declining in country’s non-Russian republics, Barinov says
Despite the insistence of Moscow officials that everyone in the Russian Federation speaks Russian and that therefore support…
Ukrainian becoming de facto the language of Ukraine, Viatrovych says
Kyiv’s announcement that railway stations in Ukraine within three months will have signs in Ukrainian and English but…
Kremlin’s double standards on language issues in post-Soviet space continued
More than most governments, the Kremlin behaves in exactly the same way it routinely accuses other countries of…
Political scientist: the war is due to Ukraine’s weak language policy in Crimea and Donbas
Stanislav Fedorchuk, political scientist and internally displaced person from Donetsk, believes that the war in Ukraine is a…