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An issue of increasing the number of Russian schools in Kyiv is not on the agenda of the capital's authorities today, as there are no relevant proposals from Kyiv residents, Head of Kyiv City State Administration Oleksandr Popov has said.

“We did not discuss the issue at the meeting of the city council as
we did not have reasons for that. We don’t see any active initiatives of
Kyiv residents today… If there is a proposal, the authorities react to
it. If there are no proposals, how can the authorities respond?” he said
at a press briefing following a meeting of Kyiv City State
Administration in Kyiv on Monday, Aug. 27.

He stressed that there should be demand for increased number of
Russian schools in Kyiv so that the authorities could work on the issue.

“There should be demand and the authorities will do everything to
satisfy it. It doesn’t matter what language we are speaking about –
Russian, English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese,” Popov said.

He added that some business structures are ready to invest in creation of schools with profound Russian and French languages.

“There is no rush. There are some projects. I’ve mentioned them – these are French and Russian initiatives,” Popov said.