Kherson deputies took away the regional status of the Russian language
Deputies of the Kherson City Council canceled the decision of the previous term, which gave the Russian language in the city regional status on the basis of the Kivalov-Kolesnichenko law, which was repealed today, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The website "Grivna" writes about this.
33 out of 38 deputies voted in favor. 3 members of the Opposition Bloc faction and one non-factional deputy did not vote.
The now repealed law of Ukraine on the fundamentals of language policy provided for the establishment of the official use of regional languages in the work of local self-government bodies.
In Kherson, the Russian language was given this status on August 21, 2012. Then 47 deputies of the local council voted in favor. The regional council made a similar decision a little earlier - on August 17.
On February 28, 2018, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, in its decision, noted the effect of the “language law” of “Kivalov-Kolesnichenko”.
Kherson deputies stripped the Russian language of its regional status.