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On July 16, the law on the state language came into force in Ukraine, two months after the legislation was published in the official press.

No restrictions apply to the sphere of private communication and religion. The law stipulates that every citizen of Ukraine is obliged to speak the state language as the language of their citizenship. At the same time, the state shall set up Ukrainian language courses for adults and provides an opportunity to freely master the state language to citizens of Ukraine who have not had such an opportunity.

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