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American Institute in Ukraine - Russian As Ukraine’s Second Official Language:President Yanukovich Should Keep His Promise
Summary: The administration of President Viktor Yanukovich has taken positive steps to allow greater regional use of the Russian language. However, these fall short of keeping his campaign promise to elevate Russian to the status of a second official national language on a par with Ukrainian. Treating Russian merely as the regional language of a “national minority” (Article 10 of the Constitution) sends the wrong message to both Ukrainian- and Russian-speakers and promotes regional and linguistic division of the country. Russian is not a “minority” or “foreign” language but a truly national language used by Ukrainians of all ethnic backgrounds. Promotion of Russian along with Ukrainian is important to Ukraine’s economic development and regional commercial prospects. Despite formidable hurdles, President Yanukovich should take action to keep his campaign promise as a matter of democratic accountability as well as good statecraft. A review of the experience of other bi- and multi-lingual countries points to the need for Ukraine to work towards a national accord on Ukrainian-Russian bilingualism to formalize a consensus on the nationwide use and protection of both languages.
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