{"id":3034,"date":"2025-12-04T04:35:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=3034"},"modified":"2025-12-05T13:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:47:07","slug":"ukrainian-parliament-passes-new-law-against-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/ukrainian-parliament-passes-new-law-against-russian\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian parliament passes new law against Russian"},"content":{"rendered":"
The language has been stripped of protection under a key European Council convention<\/strong><\/p>\n The Ukrainian parliament passed an amendment on Wednesday stripping Russian of its protection under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.<\/p>\n Over the past decade, Ukraine has steadily restricted the use of Russian in public life, limiting or barring its use in media, education, government services, and in the service industry. However, it remains the first and primary language for many Ukrainians, especially in the east of the country and in large cities.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are removing Russian from the scope of protection,\u201d<\/em> Culture Minister Tatyana Berezhnaya said in a statement following the vote in the Verkhovna Rada. She noted that 264 MPs supported the measure.<\/p>\n Berezhnaya argued that an earlier Ukrainian translation of the charter incorrectly interpreted the term \u2018minority\u2019, treating it as an ethnicity rather than a small language community.<\/p>\n