While constantly demanding official status for the Russian language in Ukraine and claiming that Russian speakers face ‘discrimination’, Russia has not included Ukrainian in the list of languages which can be used in completing its 2021 census. The latter is illegal in any case since it is being held in occupied Crimea, but the omission is telling.
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Halya Coynash: Russia excludes Ukrainian from the census in Crimea
A woman marches through central Kyiv, carrying an 85-meter Crimean Tatar flag to celebrate Crimean Tatar Flag Day on June 26, 2021.
