Following the 2014 coup in Ukraine, parliament abolished a law that permitted the use of the Russian language, and Zelensky appeared on national television to argue that the Russian-speaking populations in eastern Ukraine and Crimea should be allowed to speak their language.

"In the East and Crimea - people want to speak Russian. Leave them alone... Legally, provide them the right to speak Russian. Language should never divide our country."

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