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Ukraine struggles over official language decision

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Ukraine struggles over official language decision

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Al Jazeera English

16 Views • Aug 31, 2012

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Police and protestors have clashed in Ukraine over a bill passed on Tuesday making Russian an official language in areas where people speak it.
Ukraine's president Viktor Yanukovich says he may call a snap parliamentary election if the crisis continues.
Though the bill's not on the statute books quite yet, there's still a fierce struggle taking place in Ukraine between its Russian-leaning past, and a modern sense of independent nationalism.
Al Jazeera's Rory Challands reports from Kiev, Ukraine.