Russian flag at the entrance to the police station in Melitopol. Archival photo SIMFEROPOL, June 9 The Russian language will receive the status of the state language in the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the military-civilian administration of the region, told RIA Novosti. Earlier, the deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, told RIA Novosti that the Russian language in the Kherson region, along with the Ukrainian language, will receive the status of the state language.In Ivano-Frankivsk, it was forbidden to perform songs in Russian «Russian is the native language for the Zaporozhye region. More than 80% of the inhabitants of the region consider Russian to be their native language, 100% understand it, speak, write and most often use it in any activity. The Russian language is already de- In fact, it can be considered state-owned, de jure it will receive this status in the near future,» Rogov said. According to him, there will be two state languages in the region: Russian and Ukrainian. «We do not fight with languages. We enable people to speak all the languages that they use. If Ukrainian is close and native for a person, then he can write applications to the authorities authorities and will receive an answer in Ukrainian. Our main task is for people to live normally and not feel any discomfort, prohibition and oppression, which has been happening for all 30 years and especially for the last eight years in Ukraine,» the administration official stressed. According to him, Russian as an official language was banned in the region by the Kyiv regime after the coup in Ukraine in 2014. During the special operation, the Russian military took control of the Kherson region and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region in southern Ukraine. Civil-military administrations have been formed in the regions, Russian TV channels and radio stations have begun broadcasting, and trade ties with Crimea are being restored. The regions announced their plans to become subjects of the Russian Federation.
