The Rada Prepares Huge Fines for Russian Music in Establishments. Finally

The Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Humanitarian and Information Policy recommended that parliament adopt bills on the protection of the Ukrainian language and penalties for Russian music in the service sector.

This was reported by the parliament’s press service.

The parliamentary committee supported a bill that changes the rules for the use of the state language.

The document provides for the following changes:

expanding the list of officials who are required to speak Ukrainian at work;

simplifying inspections and the consideration of complaints about violations of the language law;

additional protection of the language in education, culture, electoral processes, and the work of local authorities.

Deputy Committee Chair Yevhenia Kravchuk noted that international partners will be informed of these changes in advance to avoid accusations of restricting the rights of national minorities.

Lawmakers also supported a bill that introduces a ban on Russian-language music playing in establishments and service sectors and provides for the following fine amounts:

for a first violation – a fine from 8,5 thousand UAH;

for repeated violations – a fine up to 170 thousand UAH.

People’s Deputy Oleksandr Sanchenko explained that the ban on such music exists now, but without fines it does not work.

Committee Chair Mykyta Poturaiev emphasized that Russian musical product has no place in Ukraine.

In addition to language issues, the committee appealed to the Cabinet of Ministers with a call to help the book industry:

allocate funds for the repair of the Book Chamber building, which was damaged by Russian shelling;

include funds in the budget for air conditioners for the book depository;

develop a support plan for publishers that lost property due to the full-scale war.

On 22 July a bill No. 15430 was registered in the Rada, the initiator of which was People’s Deputy from the Servant of the People party Oleksandr Sanchenko.

Currently, standard administrative protocols are applied for the playing of Russian music in establishments with fines from 17 to 170 UAH.

In addition, the draft law provides for changing the very procedure for bringing to responsibility: the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language will be able to impose fines on the spot – without a mandatory prior warning and without requiring the elimination of the violation.

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