Universities should set an example by ditching the use of Russian, the commissioner for protecting the Ukrainian language says
Speaking Russian should be banned on all university campuses in Ukraine, in and outside lectures, the ombudsman in charge of protecting the Ukrainian language, Taras Kremen, has said.
Last week the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” , one of the oldest teaching institutions in Ukraine, officially forbade students and educators from using Russian within its grounds. “While teaching in Russian hasn't been conducted at the university for a very long time, now the ban also applies to communicating with each other in the language of the occupiers,” the head of the Kiev-based university's supervisory board, Gennady Zunko, announced.
Kremen reacted to the move by NaUKMA in a Facebook post on Monday, saying it was “a rather powerful initiative, which I hope will be replicated by other universities in Ukraine.”
“I support this decision and believe that every university...
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