A major reason that Moscow has to struggle to find symmetrical responses to anything other countries do is because it lacks many of the institutions that they have but that Russia does not, ranging from media environments open to almost anyone to schools in the languages of many minorities.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Ukrainian vs. Russian Language
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Paul Goble: Moscow can’t close Ukrainian language schools in Russia because there aren’t any
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with schoolchildren at a school in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok on Sept. 1, 2016.
