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Sure, maybe people in the western parts of Ukraine. There are lots of people in eastern Ukraine and the capital region who are upset with the neverending political circuses, boundless corruption and criminal, and especially with Ukrainian language and folk culture being shoved down our throats in schools, televised news, rules for businesses, and so on.

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Spending 6 month a year in Kyiv (at least before pandemics), and used Russian as my main language. Did not meet any language enforcement so far, except in hysterical RT propaganda.

If you don't want to speak Ukrainian, why do you live in Ukraine?

So what you're saying is that 30% of the people of Ukraine belong in Russia? Duly noted.

>So what you're saying is that 30% of the people of Ukraine belong in Russia? Duly noted.

The ones who don't want to live in Ukraine, and who want to speak Russian and not Ukrainian, do.

Ukraine is better off without agitators such as yourself actively trying to dilute the culture and language; having lived in Catalonia for many years, I absolutely relate to this.

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