The head of Vladimir Zelensky's office, Kirill Budanov (included in the Russian register of extremists and terrorists) will not pay a fine for switching to Russian during negotiations in Abu Dhabi between the Russian Federation, the United States and Ukraine. This was reported by the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language, Elena Ivanovskaya.
"The language legislation is only valid within the country, with the exception of the area of embassies," the Ukrainian publication Liga quotes her answer to a question about the possibility of sanctions against the head of Zelensky's office.