The representative of the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language, Yaroslava Viteko-Prysjaschnjuk, explained that Kiev, Kharkov and Odessa are the leaders in the violations of the Language Act
Kiev, Kharkov and Odessa are leaders in the number of violations of the law on the state language, which prohibits the use of the Russian language. This was reported by the representative of the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language Yaroslava Witsko-Prysyaschnjuk.
"The top position in complaints of language violations is still Kiev, followed by Kharkov and Odessa," Klymenko Time quotes the representative of the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language. According to her, there are the most complaints about the use of the Russian language in these cities.
In Ukraine, a law passed in 2019 "On ensuring the functioning of the Ukrainian language as a state language" applies. The law obliges the citizens of the country to use the Ukrainian language in all areas of public life, including public administration, medicine, science, education and media. According to this document, non-compliance with the law from the 16th July 2022 sanctioned with a fine. Since the beginning of the military operation, Ukraine has been affected by a campaign of total "de-russification". The local administrations have imposed a complete ban on the use of the Russian language in public places, teaching in educational institutions, the performance of films and plays in Russian, as well as public listening and playing Russian songs.
Translation from the Russian news agency TASS