Historian Martyniuk: Ukrainian homes were massively occupied by Russian settlers
- There were thousands and thousands of empty houses that had once belonged to Ukrainian families. Moscow’s strategy…
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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…
Trump’s Orwellian “rigged” campaign is straight out of Putin’s propaganda playbook
The US 2016 presidential campaign is nothing short of Orwellian. A billionaire real estate mogul who’s lived the…
Why and How to learn Ukrainian
Do you know what’s in common between music classes in Japan and Taras Shevcheko, or between Seoul and…
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…
War against Ukraine: the second humanities front
As you surf Ukrainian sites, you can see maps of different “hot spots” in Ukraine. As a rule,…
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…
Ukraine aims to break Guinness record with world’s largest English lesson
On May 28, Ukraine endeavored to set a Guinness world record by holding the world's largest English lesson. The…
How Russia’s worst propaganda myths about Ukraine seep into media language
Over the past two years, much has been written about the "Ukraine crisis." This phrase is, in fact,…
English-speaking volunteers invited to teach Ukrainian kids in summer camps
The English barrier separates Ukraine from the world like no other. In the times of the USSR, Soviet…
Poaching, simmering, and boiling: The declining relevance of identity discourse in Ukraine
One night in mid-December 2013, my parents, in Lviv, Western Ukraine, woke up as dozens of cars honked…
Putin launches broad new attack against non-Russian languages
Staunton, May 20 – Vladimir Putin wants to make the number of hours of Russian-language instruction in Russian…
Russia intends to ban the usage of foreign words in public spread of information
Russia continues to come up with new ways to maximally limit the freedoms of citizens, for the residents…
Ukrainian Vs Russian: The Ban That Never Was
Oleksiy Stolyarenko, a lawyer, offers some insights into the Ukrainian language law and why it has been so…
Ukraine suggests to Russia that Russia makes Ukrainian its second state language
Prime Minister Yatsenyuk stated that Ukraine suggests to Russia to recognize Ukrainian as a second official language on…
Activist’s Appeal to European Charter: ‘Language Law’ imposes Russian, not protects minority languages
To: Committee of Experts (the – “Committee”) Council of Europe European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages DG…
“Crimean Referendum! Separation!” – but where is Diversity and Tolerance? Crimea and Minorities in Ukraine FAQ
As a Crimean 'referendum' threatens dismemberment of Ukraine, American ideals of 'Strength through Diversity' and 'E pluribus unum'…
What is the “Law on Languages” and why it is a problem? (Briefing for English-speaking friends)
By Yuriy Dzhygyr This law (“On Regional Languages”), introduced in July 2012, states that communities with over 10%…
Russian culture centers representatives in Ukraine oppose Kremlin agression
Representatives of Russian culture centers in Ukraine held a press conference on March 5 to express their opposition…