Posted by Yash on December 05, 2001 at 23:54:37:
One similar Russian "school" could also function in Kyiv after all Ukrainian schools are Ukrainianized. How stupid does Mr. Kasyanov think Ukrainians are?
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov... said that ever more Russians wish to learn the Ukrainian. A Ukrainian school is functioning in Moscow.
The Russian prime minister stressed that Moscow "counts on the same stance by Ukraine, so that every Ukrainian citizen wishing to study Russian be given such an opportunity".
Source: ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow, in English 1355 gmt 4 Dec 01
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