“Leader” of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) Denis Pushilin has offered to strip Ukrainian of the status of the national language in the Russia-occupied districts in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, and make it optional.
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UNIAN: Leader of ‘DPR’ offers to strip Ukrainian of national language status in Donbas
Denis Pushilin, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, attends the ceremony of his inauguration in Donetsk on November 20, 2018. - The newly elected leader of a self-proclaimed republic in eastern Ukraine on promised closer ties to Moscow following polls denounced by Kiev and the West as a sham. Elections in the Russian-backed breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk on November 11 saw their acting separatist leaders returned to office. (Photo by ALEKSEY FILIPPOV / AFP)
