Ukraine Targets Kindergartens With Russian Names
Pre-schools in Ukraine that have Russian names must be brought in line with national language standards, government official Taras Kremen has demanded.
Kremen, who is Ukraine’s language ombudsman, said he was outraged to discover during a random inspection of children’s educational institutions that some still bear Russian names such as ‘Solnyshko’ (sun) and ‘Odyvanchik’ (dandelion).
“We frequently get complaints about the names of preschool educational institutions that are Russian-language in their nature, do not correspond to the standards of the state language, and some simply lack common sense,” Kremen wrote on Facebook.
The official urged local authorities and the owners of private kindergartens to ensure that all names meet state language requirements.
The authorities in Ukraine have been progressively tightening the screws on the use of Russian in the country since 2014. Kiev has adopted laws making the use of Ukrainian obligatory in almost all spheres of public life, including in government, medicine, science, education, and the media. Failure to comply can result in fines.
Ukraine historically has a large Russian-speaking population, particularly in its eastern regions. As of 2022, about 23% of people in Ukraine spoke Russian at home, according to local sociologists.
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Last October, Kremen called on local authorities to remove advertisements and signs in Russian, and demanded that TV channels end any use of the language in their shows. Broadcasts of Russian channels were officially suspended in Ukraine in 2014.
Kiev has doubled down on its de-Russification efforts since the start of Moscow’s military campaign against its neighbor in 2022. Top officials have called for the complete removal of the Russian language nationwide, branding it “an element of hostile propaganda and brainwashing of the population.”
Lawmakers have since imposed blanket bans on Russian-language works of art, performances, films, songs, and books, and have outlawed the study of Russian in schools and universities. Moscow has repeatedly denounced Kiev’s crackdown on Russian culture and language, insisting that “forced Ukrainization” violates international law and infringes upon the rights of native Russian speakers.
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African Country Seeks to Recover Millions Lost in Banking Glitch
A banking system glitch in Ethiopia over the weekend allowed customers to withdraw more than they had in their accounts, with the East African nation’s largest bank reportedly scrambling to recover more than $40 million lost in the incident.
According to local media, long lines formed at cash machines across the country on Saturday after the issue was discovered at the state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE).
CBE President Abe Sano told reporters on Monday that university students who spread word of the malfunction on social media withdrew a large portion of the funds. He said half a million transactions were completed during the glitch, but did not specify the amount of money withdrawn. The Addis Fortune newspaper reported that nearly 2.4 billion Ethiopian birr ($42 million) has been lost.
In an earlier statement, the National Bank of Ethiopia, which regulates the financial sector, said the “service disruption” at the CEB was caused by a “regular system update and inspection” and not a cyberattack.
“The National Bank of Ethiopia will carry out the necessary investigations and inform the public about the problems caused by the problem, including the abuse of customers,” the central bank said on Sunday.
It reportedly took several hours for the institution, which has been in operation for over eight decades and currently serves approximately 40 million customers, to freeze transactions.
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On Wednesday, Abe warned in an interview with the BBC that clients who withdrew more than was in their accounts would be prosecuted if they did not return the money by the end of the week.
“There is no way that they can escape because they are digital [transactions] and they are our customers. We know them. They are traceable and they are legally accountable for what they did,” he said.
He added that while the bank is in the process of filing a police report, an audit will be completed later this week in order to determine the exact amount taken.
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Russia Strips Citizenship Over ‘Disinformation About Army’ For First Time
A man convicted last summer of knowingly spreading disinformation about the Russia’s army has had his Russian citizenship rescinded, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday.
This marks the first time Russian nationality has been revoked for spreading statements considered to be false about the armed forces.
Moldova-born Aleksander Somryakov was sentenced to six years in prison in July 2023 for spreading disinformation about the Russian army’s actions in Ukraine after he published ”a message on his social network page that was unreliable and refuted by official sources of information.”
Since Russia began military action in Ukraine in February 2022, there have been numerous convictions for seeking to undermine the Russian armed forces by accusing them of actions in Ukraine for which there is no evidence.
In November the same year, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed canceling citizenship for spreading fake news about the Russian army.
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In 2023, the law about the citizenship of the Russian Federation came into effect, allowing courts to withdraw naturalized citizenship from people found guilty of crimes that put personal or public safety at risk. People with Russian nationality at birth are not affected.
In court, Somryakov partially admitted his guilt when he professed he knew the information was false, but he wanted to ”expose it to public judgment,” in the hopes of gaining followers, likes and comments. He was deprived of his acquired Russian passport, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, citing a source in the judicial system.
The law also says that knowingly spreading fake information about Russia’s use of its armed forces is punishable by a fine up to five million rubles ($54,000), or – if the act ”has led to severe consequences” – punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
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