The Chairman of the Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko, made unfounded statements that the law regulating the use of foreign words in the Russian language would interfere with the development and enrichment of the Russian language. wrote about it blogIt is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Russian teacher, journalist and public figure Konstantin Ushinsky.
Matvienko noted that he considers the previously adopted law to be balanced. According to the head of the Federation Council, this does not lead to the isolation of Russian culture from the rest of the world.
Emphasizing that “all these “horror stories” are unfounded, Matvienko added that the law introduces restrictions that “remove the threat of language degradation as the bearer and guardian of the Russian mentality, values and traditions.”
February 28 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Law on the inadmissibility of the use of foreign words when using the Russian language as a state language.
Before that, Elena Yampolskaya, head of the State Duma Committee on Culture judicial requirements for the replacement of foreign words with their Russian equivalents within the framework of the adopted draft law. According to him, words no earlier than 2025 will have to be changed. By this time, it is planned to issue normative dictionaries and reference books.