Prime Minister Yatsenyuk stated that Ukraine suggests to Russia to recognize Ukrainian as a second official language on the territory of the Russian Federation.
He mentioned this on the 10th annual investment conference of Dragon Capital in Kyiv, as reported by Interfax.
“Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a statement on the matter. The Ukrainian-speaking community is the largest in Russia and is completely natural for Ukrainian to be recognized as a second state language, or at least to carry a special status,” said Yatsenyuk. Continue reading