Quote Originally Posted by Eric C. View Post
Besides, as I might guess, the Russian speaking community that resides in Ukraine can speak perfect Ukrainian, in addition to their knowledge of Russian, and therefore either of the two languages being or not being the official state language is really no big deal for them.
You might be wrong. The majority of population speaks the mixed language called "сурджик". "Perfect Ukrainian" can be the everyday life language for only 10-15%. Also it's an open question what dialect can be considered "perfect", because there are at least two of them (actually four).
Moreover, the fact that you can speak a language doesn't mean you might want to use it in your daily life. We all speak English here, but it doesn't mean that everyone would be fine with it as the only (the only one, mind you) state language in our countries (well, to a reasonable extent, of course).