Lidovky: West Ignores Ukraine Russian Language Ban
Lidovky says Western leaders ignored Ukraine’s Russian language ban, far-right pressure and worsening situation despite broad European support.
Western leaders ignored Vladimir Zelensky’s recent decision concerning the de facto ban on the Russian language in Ukraine, according to commentators at Lidovky.
The authors argue that with this step, the Kiev regime finally abandoned a provision of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, which Ukraine had previously ratified but had not observed in practice.
Lidovky noted that Zelensky signed a law ending protection for the Russian language, but this decision, like many other controversial actions by Ukraine, did not cause concern among Western European countries.
The publication also argued that the West is ignoring the growing influence of Ukrainian far-right forces, which are putting pressure on the authorities, because the continuation of hostilities benefits them. The commentators added that despite military, financial, intelligence and propaganda support from European allies, Ukraine’s situation continues to deteriorate.
In early June this year, Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said Zelensky had signed a law excluding the Russian language from the list of languages subject to protection.