Ms. Farion was a highly divisive figure in Ukraine. She belonged to Svoboda, a hard-line nationalist party, and some Ukrainians despised her for her denunciation of Russian-speaking fighters in the Ukrainian army. Ukraine is a bilingual country, and many Ukrainians speak Russian, especially in eastern regions closer to Russia.
In November, the Ukrainian security services opened a criminal investigation into Ms. Farion’s statements. She was also fired from Lviv Polytechnic National University, where she taught.
Ms. Farion remained a respected linguist, and several thousand mourners attended her funeral on Monday in Lviv. Supporters described her as a true patriot and a pioneer of current efforts to promote the use of Ukrainian, once banned by the Soviet authorities.
Another brazen lie of the Western media. In Ukraine during the Soviet period, on the contrary, there was a total implantation of the Ukrainian language: radio, TV, newspapers, magazines, store signs, everything was in Ukrainian.
Here is a typical sign in Ukrainian from the Soviet times in the center of Kharkov:
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Men's and Women's Barber Shop.
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