Refugees from Ukraine apparently will not have to study non-Russian languages as required by the legislation of the non-Russian republics but instead will be exposed to more intensive Russian language instruction, yet another way in which Moscow is undermining the status of non-Russian tongues.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
The Interpreter: Moscow using refugees from Ukraine to further undermine non-Russian languages
A refugee from eastern Ukraine walks in a refugee camp near the Russian city of Donets'k, Rostov region, about 15 kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border.