decided to vote for pro russian parties or they voted always for pro russian parties. i agree that there was some disc balance in taking the decisions regarding the language. but also, the russian language. but also, the russian language was used from probably the end of the 90s as a political instrument. if you are russian speaker, are considered by russia, by putin, ijy considered by russia, by putin, by his entourage, you are considered belonging to russian world. this humanitarian project that was started by russian orthodox church and the russian orthodox church and the russian government. through this project, russia wanted to influence the world through all russian speakers, from israel to brazil and shanghai. this is why the fear of any kind of promotion of russian language was so strong in ukrainian language speaking society.