Kiev Residents Shift Toward Russian Language, Says Official

Residents of Kiev began to speak Russian more often. This was announced on November 13 by the head of the secretariat of the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language in Ukraine, Sergey Sirotenko. “Ukrainization in Kiev turned out to be short-lived, people returned to the Russian-speaking habit. Kiev has always been a Russified city. There is now tolerance for the Russian language in Kiev,” the statement said.