[Sacajaweau]

IIRC, when the Ukraine Constitution was passed up in 1991 (?)....Crimea was not included. The next day it was included but with very special status.

When Poroshenko took office, the first thing he did was say no Russian was to be spoken in Ukraine. That was changed shortly thereafter.

[tlozo]

he did say no Russian was to be spoken in Ukraine

Yeah, what a novel concept, that you should know the language of the country you live in.