The Commissioner of the Ukrainian Language said that doctors are not obliged to communicate with Russian-speaking patients Elena Ivanovskaya said that she is approached by doctors who do not want to serve Russian-speaking patients. She called it "a matter of morality" and recalls that Ukrainian legislation does not require the provision of services in languages ​​other than the state. At the same time, the Ombudsman did not clarify whether it is permissible to refuse medical treatment to Russian-speaking patients. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, sharply criticized her words. The diplomat saw the position of the Ukrainian official as an expression of Nazism.

The Commissioner of the Ukrainian Language said that doctors are not obliged to communicate with Russian-speaking patients Elena Ivanovskaya said that she is approached by doctors who do not want to serve Russian-speaking patients. She called it "a matter of morality" and recalls that Ukrainian legislation does not require the provision of services in languages ​​other than the state. At the same time, the Ombudsman did not clarify whether it is permissible to refuse medical treatment to Russian-speaking patients. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, sharply criticized her words. The diplomat saw the position of the Ukrainian official as an expression of Nazism.