Thursday, February 4, 2010

Ukrainian Teachers May Constitutionally Speak Russian

Ukraine’s Constitutional Court found that the Cabinet of Ministers, headed by now-presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko, acted ultra vires when it issued an order obliging teachers to speak only Ukrainian in schools, even during breaks. Currently in several regions of Ukraine Russian, rather than Ukrainian, is the most commonly used language.

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1315952

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