Fwd: RFE/RL: Ukrainian President Warns Against Administrative Regulation of Language Problem
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Fwd: RFE/RL: Ukrainian President Warns Against Administrative
Regulation of Language Problem
RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 191, Part II, 9 October 2001
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT WARNS AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION OF
LANGUAGE PROBLEM. Speaking to a congress of Ukraine's education sector
employees in Kyiv on 8 October, President Kuchma warned against
administrative and forced methods in expanding the sphere of use of
the Ukrainian language. Kuchma noted that given Ukraine's "significant
Russophone population," such methods can only increase opposition to
Ukrainianization and polarize society. "We should understand such
lessons now when the [parliamentary] elections are nearing. Rival
political forces, striving for sympathies of the electorate, are
stepping up speculation on the language problem. Political stability
in Ukraine will to a high degree depend on our ability to ensure the
natural course of the language education process," Ukrainian Radio
quoted Kuchma as saying. JM
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