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2024-03-03 15:11:27 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B2C52D18B89F349952FD68330916863586E407E53F7B438FC44ABE7DEC16B912
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Ukraine did not ban Russian, although like many countries it has laws protecting the state and Indigenous languages. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/08/sergey-lavrov/russian-has-not-been-banned-ukraine-despite-repeat/ Russian invasion has turned many Ukrainians away from the Russian language. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/06/russia-ukrainians-embrace-language-war Russia bans Ukrainian language in Ukraine, and has been doing so for 400 years. https://news.yahoo.com/russia-attempted-erase-ukrainian-language-211700715.html
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