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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych hopes that equal conditions will be created for studying of the Ukrainian language in Russia and Russian in Ukraine.

“We hope for the understanding of full-fledged bilateral conditions
for studying of languages – Ukrainian on the Russian territory and
Russian on the Ukrainian territory,” Yanukovych told reporters after the
fifth session of the Ukrainian-Russian Interstate Commission, which
took place at Livadia Palace (Yalta) on July 12.