FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-210 hours agoRussian language is as much a part of Ukraine as Ukranian is. You won't see many in the media calling it Kyiv before Ukraine turned nationalist under Poroshenkohexbear.netimagemessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1105arrow-down1imageRussian language is as much a part of Ukraine as Ukranian is. You won't see many in the media calling it Kyiv before Ukraine turned nationalist under Poroshenkohexbear.netFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-210 hours agomessage-square84fedilinkfile-text
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/ukraine-passes-language-law-irritating-president-elect-and-russia-idUSKCN1S110Y/ Literally the whole media switched spelling around this time. iRaq and iRan are silly but the “Kyiv” stuff is different.
minus-squareAdlachlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 hours agoTbf that’s a literal translation of Belarus. It means ‘white Russia’.
Tbf that’s a literal translation of Belarus. It means ‘white Russia’.