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Kyiv, August 21 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Kherson City Council has declared Russian a regional language at a special sitting on Tuesday.
Some 47 deputies supported this decision and six deputies voted against it, according to the Khersonska Pravda local newspaper.
Oppositionists held a picket outside the building of the city council during the special sitting.
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