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Kiev’s plans to ban works in Russian divide book lovers

Ukraine plans to ban many books in Russian as part of a wartime battle against propaganda, but the new law has divided both literature fans and booksellers alike.

"We must not confuse Russian fascism with Russian culture," said Olexander Drobin, a bookseller at the massive Petrivka book market in the capital, Kiev.

Russia-Ukraine Talks have Highlighted Points of Possible Progress

Russia and Ukraine have completed negotiations on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. The next meeting of the delegations will take place on the Polish-Belarusian border in the next few days, said the head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky, who is an adviser to President Vladimir Putin, TASS reported.

Belarus and Bulgaria to Share Information on Knowledge-based Developments

Belarus and Bulgaria agreed to share information on knowledge-based developments. The matter was high on the agenda of a meeting between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Bulgaria Alexander Lukashevich and President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Julian Revalski, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Embassy in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Hungary urge Ukraine not to restrict minority mother-tongue education

 

Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Hungary have urged Ukraine not to introduce the restrictions on mother-tongue education envisaged in the Education Act approved at second reading by the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia said.