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| Ukrainian footballer gets yellow card for speaking Russian | |
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| Kiev has sought to restrict the use of the language in public since the 2014 Euromaidan coup | Kiev has sought to restrict the use of the language in public since the 2014 Euromaidan coup |
| A Ukrainian football player was shown a yellow card for refusing to stop speaking Russian on the pitch. | A Ukrainian football player was shown a yellow card for refusing to stop speaking Russian on the pitch. |
| The incident occurred Sunday during a Ukrainian Women’s Top League game between Kolos from the Kiev region and SeaSters from the Black Sea port city of Odessa. | The incident occurred Sunday during a Ukrainian Women’s Top League game between Kolos from the Kiev region and SeaSters from the Black Sea port city of Odessa. |
| Referee Anastasia Romanyuk paused the game around the 43rd minute to show a yellow card to SeaSters midfielder Irina Maiborodina. | Referee Anastasia Romanyuk paused the game around the 43rd minute to show a yellow card to SeaSters midfielder Irina Maiborodina. |
| The decision sparked a brief argument between Romanyuk and SeaSters coach Denis Kolchin. | The decision sparked a brief argument between Romanyuk and SeaSters coach Denis Kolchin. |
| “The yellow card was given for dissent [with the referee’s decision]. This is a Ukrainian championship, so we are not speaking Russian. I asked the player to speak Ukrainian,” Romanyuk said, according to news website Sport.ua. | “The yellow card was given for dissent [with the referee’s decision]. This is a Ukrainian championship, so we are not speaking Russian. I asked the player to speak Ukrainian,” Romanyuk said, according to news website Sport.ua. |
| Since the Western-backed coup in 2014, Ukraine has passed several laws restricting the use of Russian in public. | Since the Western-backed coup in 2014, Ukraine has passed several laws restricting the use of Russian in public. |
| Freedom & democracy: Ukrainian player is fined with "yellow card" for speaking Russian in Ukrainian Women's Premier League football (soccer) match in Kyiv region. Referee stopped the match & stated that Ukrainian must be spoken on the field. pic.twitter.com/nyhIxxSMmH | |
| Politicians and influencers have campaigned to discourage speaking Russians, which they describe as “the language of the aggressor state.” | Politicians and influencers have campaigned to discourage speaking Russians, which they describe as “the language of the aggressor state.” |
| Moscow has maintained that the treatment of the Russian-speaking minority in Ukraine is one of the key causes of the current conflict. | Moscow has maintained that the treatment of the Russian-speaking minority in Ukraine is one of the key causes of the current conflict. |