When performing official duties, representatives of law enforcement agencies are required to use the state language.
languages Taras Kremen made comments to representatives of the State Bureau of Investigation for the Russian language during detention of a person involved in the case of purchasing clothes for the Armed Forces, Roman Grinkevich, in Odessa and called on them to adhere to the provisions of the law on the state language.
He wrote about this on Facebook.
“On the use of a non-state language by representatives Social networks have flared up with criticism of law enforcement agencies. Citizens react sharply to the violation of their language rights and turn to me with a request to intervene in the situation. When performing official duties, representatives of law enforcement agencies are required to use the state language. I hope that there will be no such incidents in the future,” Kremen said. On January 22, the DBI distributed a video about the detention of Roman Grinkevich, suspected of supplying low-quality clothing to the Ukrainian army. They address the suspect in Russian.
