Language Politics

An example from Interfax-AVN of Russia pushing back Ukraine on language. Its a nice addendum to the discussion on Russian and Ukrainian historical narratives. Here we see the use of language as a political tool by Russia. Whatever rift mentioned by the spokesman is being exploited by Russia for its own political goals.

MOSCOW. July 9 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia urges the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities not to encourage what it called Ukraine's discriminatory steps in relation to the Russian language and the Russian speaking population.

"The consistent transition of the informational, educational, judicial, and administrative fields fully to the Ukrainian language is deepening the split in Ukrainian society," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said at a news briefing in Moscow on Thursday.



via Johnson's List 2009-#130


"Moscow Urges OSCE To Address Discrimination Of Russian Language In Ukraine"
at Sunday, July 12, 2009

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