FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-28 months agoRussian language is as much a part of Ukraine as Ukranian is. You won't see many in the media calling it Kyiv before Ukraine turned nationalist under Poroshenkohexbear.netimagemessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-down1imageRussian language is as much a part of Ukraine as Ukranian is. You won't see many in the media calling it Kyiv before Ukraine turned nationalist under Poroshenkohexbear.netFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-28 months agomessage-square92fedilinkfile-text
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/ukraine-passes-language-law-irritating-president-elect-and-russia-idUSKCN1S110Y/ Literally the whole media switched spelling around this time. iRaq and iRan are silly but the “Kyiv” stuff is different.
minus-squareSadArtemis [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·8 months agoHonestly, in half the country (the east) Russian is if anything more indigenous than Ukrainian is.
Honestly, in half the country (the east) Russian is if anything more indigenous than Ukrainian is.