The Russian Foreign Ministry Accused Kyiv of forced Country’s Ukrainization

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia said that the Kyiv authorities are staying the course adopted by the previous government towards the total and forced Ukrainisation of the country, reports TASS citing Russian MFA on October 7. “Moreover, the Russian language is still subject to double discrimination, since the transition to the Ukrainian language for schools with instruction in the languages ​​of ethnic minorities that belong to the EU languages has been delayed until 2023,” the Foreign Ministry commented. October 4, the Minister of Education of Ukraine Anna Novosad on transitioning Russian-speaking schools in Ukraine to the state language from 2020. She also said the transition to the Ukrainian language for schools with instruction in the languages ​​of ethnic minorities that belong to the EU languages has been delayed until 2023. Member of the Federation Council Sergey Tsekov commented on the statement by Novosad, noting that such a decision violates the rights of the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine, violates articles of the country’s constitution, the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. On May 15, 2019 the then Oresident Petro Poroshenko signed a law that obliged citizens of Ukraine to use the state language “in all spheres of life”. Izvestia