Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Europe - Voice of America: Ukraine's Parliament Backs Language Bill Amid Protests

Europe - Voice of America
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Ukraine's Parliament Backs Language Bill Amid Protests
Jun 5th 2012, 17:21

Thousands of demonstrators massed in Ukraine's capital Tuesday, as parliament backed a controversial bill that would make Russian the country's second language. An estimated 6,000 people gathered outside the parliament building in Kyev.  The crowd was divided in half between those for and against the draft law. A VOA reporter on the scene, Ruslan Deynychenko, says police supported the demonstrators who back Russian as a second language but did not allow opponents of the ...

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