New Ukrainian Law on Education proves one more time that Kiev continues its political trend of splitting its already disengaged society, according to Director of the Foreign Ministry Department for Humanitarian Cooperation, Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law Anatoly Viktorov. The law practically prohibits teaching in any other language but Ukrainian at schools in Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Ministry is sure that this document is explicitly discriminative and infringes on rights for education in their native language of millions of Ukrainian citizens, particularly those who speak Russian. Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation has reminded that as it has been many times mentioned, this legislative bill contradicts the constitution of the country as well as the international obligations undertaken by Kiev.
Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe has criticized the new law too, stating that it infringes upon the rights of national minorities. European deputies in their resolution recommended amending a part of the law concerning rights of people to get education in their native language.
However, at present it should be noted that Kiev is moving in the opposite direction. Violent Ukrainization further separates Ukraine and its natives from the European values. Russian diplomats consider that the corresponding international organizations should
influence the official Kiev to protect millions of Ukrainians from infringement of their basic rights and freedoms as well as discrimination.
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