Peace With Russia Is Possible: Ukrainian 2019 Language Law vs. EU Practices vs. WW2 Nazi Policies

To define the causes of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, we shall analyze the Ukrainian 2019 language law, using “no rumors, no speculations”, just rock-solid evidence based on the officially approved, accepted, and signed document.

This book shows how a multinational, multicultural, multilingual country handles minorities, including Russian speakers, Hungarians, Romanians, and others. It breaks down what the 2019 law says about schools, hospitals, universities, media quotas (print, TV, radio), and service rules for private businesses, including warnings and fines if they cannot provide services in Ukrainian. The law also regulates which specific professions require knowledge of Ukrainian.

The book also compares common European Union practices (Finland, Belgium, and Switzerland) with WWII-era occupation policies, then adds context from Human Rights Watch (January 2022, “New Language Requirement Raises Concerns in Ukraine”).

Two chapters are devoted to Nazi policies during WW2. One chapter is about the basics of Nazi ideology and the future that they wanted various ethnic minorities to have. Another chapter goes into details of Nazi rules for two different groups of people living in Western vs. Eastern (Slavic) countries.

It follows from the book that certain rules from the Ukrainian 2019 language law are more aggressive than Nazi policies against Western and Eastern nations.

The book also considers various topics related to linguistic imperialism, Soviet language policies, and Russophobia.