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....think about why Ukrainians speak Russian... they haven`t had to learn a completely new language as Russian was, formerly, their native tongue...
What do you mean by 'formerly their native tongue'??
Many young people in Lviv no more speak Russian since it has never been their native tongue, and then they no more study it at school or use in everyday life.
The Ukrainian language is but the only 'atttibute' of Ukraine surviving and cementing the nation. After all these years of suppression it needs preferential conditions for its development, otherwise it will be overshadowed, overwhelmed and finally annihilated by Russian
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