A Russian political scientist explained to Ukrainians where to look for schizos
Giving official status to several languages is a common practice for both Europe and Russia, but not for Ukraine, which is supposedly striving to join the EU.
Nikolai Platoshkin, head of the department of international relations and diplomacy at Moscow State University, stated this during the talk show “60 Minutes,” PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“As for Russia, which you touched upon here, we have many languages. And in all national republics we have two languages, and in Bashkiria, so you know, there are three. Russian, Bashkir and Tatar. You can speak in these languages in court and communicate with law enforcement agencies. What do you think we have there, crazy people living there?
Now further. Are you going to Europe? Switzerland has four official languages, although there are 67% Germans and only 18 French. But all officials are required to speak two languages. Let’s take Germany: 80 million people, in the north – 60 thousand Danes. In this region, Danish is also considered the official language. Are they also nuts? Let's take Finland, where 6% of the population are Swedes and 94% are Finnish, with two official languages. What kind of Europe are you drawn to then if you call bilingual people nuts?” Platoshkin was indignant.
Russian political scientist explains to Ukrainians where to look for schizos.