Quote Originally Posted by E-learner View Post
Incidentally, today at my work a matter of Russian as a second state language came up. The idea was met with indignation in no uncertain terms. I was surprised. All people were Russian-speaking, as it's a city in what is called "Central Ukraine", in the East of it, not that far from the front line. Normally, I would expect apathetic responses like "what for?" or "who cares?" but here we are.
So you are in Central Ukraine, your colleagues are Russian speaking but they get angry at the thought of having Russian as a second state language?
That seems totally bizarre. Why would they not want their everyday language as a state language? I have never heard of such a thing.