Are Ukrainians ready to recognize Russian as the second state language?

Ternopil Television. Broadcast of the program “I Want to Say” on July 4, 2012. The video shows a survey on whether Ukrainians are ready to recognize Russian as the second official language (Law “On the Principles of State Language Policy” No. 5029-VI).

Host — Olena Broda.

Reference: The adopted Law of Ukraine “On the Principles of State Language Policy” (2012), unofficially known as the “Kivalov-Kolesnichenko Law,” allowed the status of “regional language” to be granted if it was used by more than 10% of the population of a region or district, which effectively expanded the scope of use of the Russian language. This sparked public opposition and protests, as the law was seen as a threat to the establishment of Ukrainian as the sole state language. A significant number of scholars and civil society organizations considered it a tool for political manipulation in the language issue. In 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled the law unconstitutional and repealed it.