Crimea has begun to purge outdoor advertising of Latin and foreign words
The Krasnogvardeyskoye district center will become the first settlement in Crimea without advertising signs using Latin characters and foreign words.
The settlement's experience will be disseminated to other municipalities, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
On air at Krym 24, Anatoly Erokhin, head of the Krasnogvardeisky village council, reported that the first step in the district center's operations was compiling a register of advertising signs.
"Twenty-six such projects have already been submitted, and the next stage is to amend the landscaping regulations based on the law on the state language, Article 68 of the Constitution, and the Ministry of Construction's recommendations. I think this will have a positive effect. Because the overload of foreign words is offensive . Some people know foreign languages, some don't, but foreignness is unnecessary in any case.
"Our great and powerful Russian language must be prominent, even on our signs. I believe that after discussion at the public hearings, we will make a decision and begin moving in this direction starting January 1, 2025 ," Erokhin said.
Vladimir Rezanov, a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation and deputy chairman of the Russian Community of Crimea, is confident that other municipalities will follow Krasnogvardeysky's example.
"We'll have a Duma meeting in December. I think this initiative will be picked up by other municipal leaders from the Russian Community. There's an information war going on, and I always cite the example of one gentleman, a graduate of Moscow State University, who said that the West, with its Latin-script signs, 'got into our heads' and would defeat us. It won't work! We'll fight it, they won't get away with it!" Rezanov declared.
Aleksandr Shevtsov, a member of the Presidium of the Russian Community of Crimea, recalled that the idea of Russian-language signs in Crimea first appeared in 2009.
"An amendment was made to our law on the functioning of the Russian language, which reflected everything we're discussing today: issues of school libraries, replenishing dictionaries, and, of course, advertising, which had to be in Russian . And this shows that Crimea is a pioneer in the fight for the Russian language," Shevtsov concluded.
Crimea has begun clearing outdoor advertising of Latin characters and foreign words.