KIEV - After years of Russification, Ukraine's native language is fighting an uphill battle to establish its credibility on the street.Wherever you turn in the capital Kiev, it is the language of Pushkin that rules: in the supermarket, the cinema, the smart boutiques and even the bookshops where the titles on offer in Russian are cheaper and much more numerous than those in Ukrainian.Ukrainians are divided on the language issue, with some regarding an official "Ukrainization" campaign as too feeble and others regarding it as too strict.Most advertising hoardings are now in Ukrainian - an in...
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