SBS Radio Ukrainian has passed on two articles (in English) regarding the language issue in Ukraine.
Between Two Languages (Oleksandr Kramar): BETWEEN TWO LANGUAGES
Scenarios of assimilation, Russification and a pretense statehood (Yuri Shevchuk): Slavist Yuri Shevchuk on conventional and new scenarios of assimilation Russification and a pretense statehood
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