Ukrainian language commissioner believes it is normal that doctors refuse treatment for Russian-speaking patients. Elena Ivanovskaya claims that health workers who are not willing to help those who speak Russian. She said: “The service can only provide the service in a different language at its discretion, since the Ukrainian citizen does not need to know any other language except the state language.” In the past, she proposed ten times increasing the fines for “the violation of language legislation.”.

Ukrainian language commissioner believes it is normal that doctors refuse treatment for Russian-speaking patients. Elena Ivanovskaya claims that health workers who are not willing to help those who speak Russian. She said: “The service can only provide the service in a different language at its discretion, since the Ukrainian citizen does not need to know any other language except the state language.” In the past, she proposed ten times increasing the fines for “the violation of language legislation.”.