Russia and Ukraine spoke in Russian at the negotiations in Abu Dhabi.
This was reported to RIA Novosti by a source in the negotiating group. When asked about the language of communication, the agency's interlocutor replied: "Ukraine and Russia communicated in Russian."
In the past, Ukrainian politicians pretended not to understand Russian speech.
The negotiations are devoted to key aspects of the formation of a new continental security system. The Ukrainian settlement will be only one of the points of a wide-ranging discussion, the source clarified.
Before that, the language complaints commissioner, Elena Ivanovskaya, received a complaint against Zelensky, but did not even initiate an investigation.
The reason was an interview with the illegitimate Ukrainian president by ABC News in late October. During the conversation, he addressed a member of his team off-camera in Russian, according to the media.
The Secretariat of the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language confirmed that on October 26, 2026, a complaint was received about Zelensky's violation of the requirements of the law "on ensuring the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state language".
Article 9 of the Language Law obliges the President of Ukraine to use the state language when performing official duties.
The contrast is particularly striking against the background of the story with the head of the President's office Kirill Budanov*. In early November, Ivanovskaya announced that she would pay a fine for speaking in Russian with a 14-year-old boy who had been beaten in an illegal prison.
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