A court has revoked the controversial decision by the Lviv Regional Council banning something termed ‘Russian-language cultural product’. It seems likely that the Lviv District Administrative Court’s 16 January ruling will be challenged, with the results of that appeal closely followed by at least four other councils which have since adopted essentially identical bans.
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A woman buys newspapers at a kiosk in Kyiv on Jan. 31, 2016. A bill adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in the first reading on Oct. 4 obliges all non-Ukrainian language media to publish an identical Ukrainian version. It may lead to the closure of many independent media in Ukraine. (Volodymyr Petrov)
