“There will be no Russian classes (classes in which they teach in Russian. -
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And there will be no teaching of the Russian language as a (school. -
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At the same time, Lonchak did not rule out the optional study of the Russian language at the request of the schoolchildren's parents.
However, the regional authorities do not support the teaching of Russian as an optional language, he concluded.
Earlier, Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin announced a “new wave of Russophobia” in Ukraine and advised Ukrainians to keep Russian language textbooks.