Ukraine Not to Discriminate Against Russian Language

KIEV, Ukraine -- The Russian language will not be oppressed anyhow in Ukraine, the country's President Viktor Yushchenko has said in a television interview.

Russian is the language of millions of Ukrainian citizens and the government should make these people feel comfortable. The Russian language is important, as this is the language of Ukraine's neighbor and strategic partner.

Yushchenko believes that it is necessary to develop the Ukrainian language within the framework of a special law, "as Russia does within the framework of the law on the Russian language." At the same time, the head of state commented that one language should develop without detriment to the other.

Source: The Russia Journal