Around 100 protesters gathered near Ukraine's parliament against a language law expanding Russian, arguing bilingualism in law means Ukrainian retreat in practice.
Around 100 protesters gathered near Ukraine's parliament against a language law expanding Russian, arguing bilingualism in law means Ukrainian retreat in practice.
A bill granting Russian and other tongues regional status has split Ukraine’s parliament. The fight is not about grammar. It is about which way the country faces.
Belarus's 2009 census found those calling Belarusian their native language fell from almost 74 percent to 53 percent, with only 23 percent speaking it at home.
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