Many believe that the times when the most radical, extreme nationalism ruled in Ukraine is a thing of the past.

Together with Petro Poroshenko, who lost to Vladimir Zelensky in the presidential elections.

It is quite obvious that the new president adheres to much more moderate views, moreover, during the pre-election period he even spoke about the need to protect the persecuted Russian language.

It would seem that with his arrival, the situation in which the Russian-speaking community of Ukraine is subjected to constant and increasing discrimination should have changed for the better.

But nothing of the kind happened.

The laws on education and the state language adopted under Poroshenko continue to operate, and the policy of total Ukrainization does not even think to slow down.

And the news confirming this is not decreasing.

The National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine demanded to ban the supply of electronics from Russia, with the help of which it is possible to receive media messages over the Internet, since Ukrainians will be able to watch banned Russian TV channels and social networks.

“The National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting appeals to manufacturers and suppliers of television receivers, media players, as well as smartphones and other modern devices that allow the use of special programs for receiving and viewing media information using the Internet, with an urgent request to abandon the supply of such equipment from the territory of the Russian Federation is the same as the equipment that is produced for sale and use on the territory of the Russian Federation, ”the press service of the regulator says.

Back in the summer of 2014, dozens of Russian TV channels were banned in Ukraine.

Blacklisted Channel One, Russia 24, NTV, LifeNews, RTR-Planeta, RT, as well as many entertainment and children's programs.

These restrictions continue to apply: Volodymyr Zelensky didn’t put a finger on his finger to cancel them, or at least remove the most absurd ones.

Actually, not only in the information field, but also in the educational and linguistic spheres, the political course laid down even under Poroshenko triumphs.

In the new ruling team, as well as in the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, there are many people who support the policy of total Ukrainization.

What is the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council afraid of, calling for decisions to stop the supply of "enemy" equipment?

It turns out that Russian electronics creates "additional risks for public peace."

In addition, with its help, the "aggressor state" exerts informational influence on Ukraine.

Radical nationalism has permeated government structures everywhere.

In 2020, six children's books were banned from being imported into Ukraine: three books by the Atticus-Azbuka publishing house (Transport from the series Developing a baby, A piggy bank of invaluable knowledge: inventions, facts, discoveries "and" Why is the sky blue? "), Two editions of the book" Time, Space "and" School of the Seven Dwarfs.

Literacy lessons ”by Daria Denisova.

We are not even talking about the violation of basic political rights and freedoms (in Ukraine, this is all right for a long time).

In fact, the Ukrainian authorities are replicating the practice introduced by the Nazi regime under Hitler.

Then the books were burned;

the Ukrainian government simply blocks their entry into the country.

But the Nazis burned communist literature, it did not occur to them to destroy books for children.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after his election as head of state, became a target for criticism from right-wing radicals.

The lessons of the Maidan, which forced Viktor Yanukovych to flee the country, were not in vain for the new president.

There is no doubt that he decided not to get involved in a conflict with a small, but extremely aggressive group of nationalists and, following the example of his predecessor, left them at the mercy of the country's political agenda.

True, unlike Poroshenko, Zelensky does not try to lead the nationalist movement, but he does not offer him the slightest resistance.


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