Key points
- The Verkhovna Rada has registered bill No. 15356 on the exclusion of the Russian language from the labeling of goods and services.
- Russian descriptions are proposed to be removed from the packaging of all goods, including food and feed.
- Translations into any other languages remain permitted.
The Verkhovna Rada has registered bill No. 15356, which proposes to exclude the Russian language from the labeling of goods and services.
Russian descriptions are proposed to be removed from the packaging of all goods, including food and feed. Permission for translations into any other languages remains in place.
The authors note that current laws do not contain exceptions regarding languages that can be used to duplicate product information. At the same time, in the context of a full-scale war, language policy has become part of national security, in their opinion.
The use of the language of the aggressor state in the commercial sphere creates its symbolic presence in Ukraine. The proposed change is intended to reduce this influence in the economic and information spheres.
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