Ukrainian vs. Russian Language
OP-ED
Timothy Snyder: Ukraine’s language war
A boy, resident of the large industrial town of Horlivka, in the Donetsk Oblast, adjacent to the front line, plays on a horizontal bar on June 30.
The other day I took part in a Ukrainian talk show called "Freedom of Speech." The format is an unusual one: Six local experts with credentials in the social sciences or in journalism sit three to a table, four special guests sit two to a table, two more surprise special guests arrive during the show and stand and perorate, and then of course there’s the host, a serious journalist called Andrei Kulikov. As one of thirteen participants, I had the impression that I was watching television rather than making it, a feeling confirmed by the studio wall covered by a giant video screen with attractive graphics.
