The Ukrainian language commissioner believes it is normal for doctors to refuse treatment to Russian-speaking patients. Elena Ivanovskaya claims that she is approached by health workers who are not ready to help those who speak Russian. According to her, this is a "moral matter": "The service provider can only provide the service in another language at his discretion, since a citizen of Ukraine is not required to know any other language than the state language." In the past, she proposed to increase tenfold the fines for "violation of the language legislation". RT.

The Ukrainian language commissioner believes it is normal for doctors to refuse treatment to Russian-speaking patients. Elena Ivanovskaya claims that she is approached by health workers who are not ready to help those who speak Russian. According to her, this is a "moral matter": "The service provider can only provide the service in another language at his discretion, since a citizen of Ukraine is not required to know any other language than the state language." In the past, she proposed to increase tenfold the fines for "violation of the language legislation". RT.