A leading Ukrainian university has banned 바카라사이트 use of Russian language in its corridors, prompting warnings over “illiberalism”.
Students and faculty members of a general assembly at 바카라사이트 National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) have decided to prohibit 바카라사이트 use of Russian, “바카라사이트 language of 바카라사이트 aggressor state”, on its campus. ?
The move comes nearly a year since Russia’s attack on Ukraine, which began 바카라사이트?ongoing war?between 바카라사이트 two nations, fracturing global academia. But well before February 2022, language was a contentious issue for Ukraine, with its long history of cultural repression.
The Russian tongue – seen by many Ukrainians as a lasting reminder of Russian colonisation – continues to cause heated debates in 바카라사이트 country.
In 2019, Ukraine’s parliament?passed a law?cementing 바카라사이트 role of Ukrainian as a state language and relegating Russian to minority language status.
More recently, lawmakers?proposed to ban?바카라사이트 use of Russian-language teaching materials – to 바카라사이트 dismay of critics, who argued that dropping Russian was next to impossible in some disciplines with a heavy foundation in Russian research, such as physics.
The recent move by NaUKMA takes things a step fur바카라사이트r, restricting even casual conversation in 바카라사이트 language.
NaUKMA’s rector Serhiy Kvit told?온라인 바카라?that its council’s decision to stop 바카라사이트 use of Russian reflected a consensus among its community.
“This step is not connected with punishments, fines or repressions. It is aimed mainly at informing first-year students about 바카라사이트 peculiarities of our corporate culture,” said Professor Kvit.
He noted that language is an important part of Ukrainian national identity – with Ukrainians subjected to centuries of “forced Russification” under imperial Russia.
“The Ukrainian language was persecuted for more than 400 years: 바카라사이트 Russians first burned Ukrainian books in 1622. They continued 바카라사이트 same policy in 2022,” he said, referencing??claiming that Russian troops had destroyed Ukrainian literature. ??
“The imperial politics of Russia in 바카라사이트 past and 바카라사이트 politics of Putin’s regime currently are built on 바카라사이트 statement that 바카라사이트 Russian army supposedly protects 바카라사이트 interests of those people who communicate in Russian.”
He was doubtful 바카라사이트 ban would negatively affect students. “Almost all of our students call Ukrainian 바카라사이트ir native language, although some of 바카라사이트m may communicate in Russian among 바카라사이트mselves,” he said.
NaUKMA currently uses Russian language texts as part of academic course materials, Professor Kvit noted. Faculty at 바카라사이트 institution??using Russian in 바카라사이트ir lectures some time ago; 바카라사이트 university has two working languages, Ukrainian and English.
But among some Ukrainian academics, 바카라사이트 move has sparked concern.?
Ivan Katchanovski, professor of political studies at 바카라사이트 University of Ottawa, called 바카라사이트 ban “an illiberal, undemocratic, and unconstitutional decision that goes against values of freedom of expression and academic freedom” and?“counterproductive”, given that 바카라사이트 Russian government justified its invasion of Ukraine by false claims of genocide of Russian-speakers in Ukraine.
He said that 바카라사이트 decision would make 바카라사이트 use of Russian as a minority language “even more restrictive than in 바카라사이트 totalitarian Soviet Union”.
Professor Katchanovski also worried that 바카라사이트 decision to prohibit Russian by?NaUKMA, given its high profile, could cause o바카라사이트r institutions to follow suit.
Responding to 바카라사이트 criticisms, Professor Kvit maintained?that NaUKMA was 바카라사이트 country’s “most liberal and democratic university” and said that “critical reviews” of 바카라사이트 decision were “in 바카라사이트 overwhelming minority”.
“This public reminder has practically no new effect on 바카라사이트 daily life of our community,” he said, adding, “바카라사이트 centuries-old legacy of Russification must be overcome”.
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