Ok, clever point Croc.............

I can understand both sides in the conflict, but I find it hard to sympathize with denying old people the right to read a prescription in a language that they have always used, in a country where they have always lived... Or the right of somebody on trial to be tried in his own language, in his native country...

I think they are right to protect the status of Ukrainian, but it should not be at the expense of near human-rights violations like the ones that I mentioned, that are also mentioned in the BBC article.

Here is an American site which is trying to present the facts, sans agenda as far as I can tell. Interesting reading.
Ukraine Languages: Dealing with Ukraine's Bilingual Society