This is a red herring issue for Putin.
The reality is that in Ukraine where 80% of the population learned
Russian as a first or second language during Soviet times.
Now in Ukraine from east to west, from north to south, since independence
students learn a second language, No. 1 is English, No. 2 is German, No. 3
is Spannish No. 4 is Russian -- so in 20 years time Russian language will
only be significant in Russia and in Ukraine only with ethnic Russians
if that.
Eastern Europe has also seen a serious decline in students learning Russian
where during the Cold War, a significant portion of the population
did. So the spread of the language is seriously losing ground except
in Russia, Belarus and some other ex-Soviet states in Central Asia.
This is what is burning Putin's goat.
Russia is a dieing culture and language and he knows it. Add in declining
birth rates in Russia, they are losing ground.
Thus the need to conquer Ukraine and force them to abandon Ukrainian.
Fran Ponomarenko wrote:
>
> Truthfully, I have problems with this language business. Ok, ethnic
> Russians want Russian. I won't get into the whole bit about language of
> the majority, language of the country, and their reluctance to learn it,
> which is disrespectful, etc. in Quebec when the Anglos did not want to
> learn French, they left.
>
> But what about ethnic Ukrainians. what is their problem? This part I am
> having trouble with
> Can someone help me out.
>
> what is Donetsk ethnically? This is the question.
>
> Would there be a problem with two languages: Ukrainian, and Russian on an
> oblast level.?
>
> Would that satisfy these folks.
>
> Actually, I would be including English also! to kind of move the population
> away from the Russia n sphere. And it is useful for every citizen to know
> more languages.
>
>
> On Monday, 24 March 2014, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > http://www.unian.ua/politics/900081-golova-donetskoji-
> > oblradi-movne-pitannya-vje-bilshe-20-rokiv-sutsilna-spekulyatsiya.html
> >
> > Even Yanukovich didn't dare do this. This is one of Putin's demands. It is
> > unacceptable.
> >
> >
>
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