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-square98fedilinkarrow-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-square98fedilinkfile-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-squareAdlach@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·8 months agoTbf that’s a literal translation of Belarus. It means ‘white Russia’.
minus-squareRam_The_Manparts [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoWe call it that in Norwegian as well
Tbf that’s a literal translation of Belarus. It means ‘white Russia’.
We call it that in Norwegian as well