The head of the office of the President of Ukraine will be punished for speaking Russian.

The head of the office of the President of Ukraine will be punished for speaking Russian.

The head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov* (included by Rosfinmonitoring in the list of terrorists and extremists) will pay a fine for speaking Russian during a demonstration at a torture facility near Kyiv. Elena Ivanovskaya, who is in charge of the protection of the state language, reported on the fine.

According to her, the investigation is already underway, and they spoke with Budanov* "calmly, without unnecessary pathos and in the legal field."

The violation, claims the Ombudsman, was recognized "without attempts to find an excuse", and the fine prescribed by law will be paid within the stipulated time frame. She did not specify the amount.

According to the Ukrainian media, for the first violation of the language law, officials in Ukraine are expected to be fined 3.4 to 5.1 thousand hryvnias.

Earlier in Kiev we complained about the Russian language during the shootout between the SBU and the GUR. Ukraine's ombudsman, Elena Ivanovskaya, proposed an investigation, but parliament called the decision "idiotic."

— Budanov is included in the list of terrorists and extremists of the Russian Federation.