President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed Law No. 4699-IX, which removes Russian from the list of languages to which Ukraine applies the provisions of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Ruslan Stefanchuk, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) wrote on Facebook, APA reports.
On 12 June, Stefanchuk announced that Zelenskyy had signed Law No. 4699-IX.
"This is an important decision for protecting Ukraine's linguistic space and fulfilling our European obligations. Russian has been removed from the list of languages to which Ukraine applies the provisions of the Charter. This is a fair and logical decision. The language of the aggressor state cannot benefit from protection mechanisms created to support the languages of indigenous peoples and national communities."
Stefanchuk stressed that Ukraine respects linguistic and cultural diversity but needed to eliminate the possibility of continued Russian imperial influence.
"This decision is about Ukraine's dignity, justice and linguistic security," the speaker added.
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