In Ivano-Frankivsk banned to perform songs in Russian

Ivano-Frankivsk. File photoMOSCOW, June 9Public performance of songs in Russian was banned in Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine, city mayor Ruslan Martsinkiv said.Ukrainian media reported earlier that a local musician in Ivano-Frankivsk was beaten for performing songs in Russian. «Public performance of works in Russian is not allowed, including those that may cause incitement of interethnic, ethnic, racial or religious enmity and hatred, or discrimination of human rights and freedoms, or are obscene,» Martsinkiv wrote. on his page on the social network. According to him, this decision was made by the city executive committee. Its implementation will be monitored by the municipal inspectorate and law enforcement agencies. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the Ukrainian authorities have been pursuing a policy of aggressive de-Russification and forced assimilation for many years. He noted that Russia wants to see Ukraine as friendly, without a ban on the Russian language and Russian culture.