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Ria Novosti: Language bill to expand Russian-speakers' rights
Lawmakers are proposing a bill that, if adopted, would expand the use of Russian in Ukraine.

Ria Novosti: Language bill to expand Russian-speakers' rights

Sep 8, 2010 at 13:19
A draft language law pending in the Ukrainian parliament ensures a significant expansion in the use of Russian, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday. Under the bill, Ukrainian will remain the only state language in the country but the use of "minority" languages will expand, Vadim Kolesnichenko, a member of the ruling Party of Regions faction and head of the Russian-Speaking Ukraine public movement, said. Read the story here.

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