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Kolomoyskyi testified in court about Ukrainian language education in the Ukrainian SSR and teased Oleksandr Tkachenko
During the court session, businessman Ihor Kolomoyskyi recalled features of Soviet school education and argued with the interlocutor over his past.
According to Kolomoyskyi, in the USSR there were no separate Ukrainian or Russian schools — educational institutions taught in the language predominantly spoken by city residents. At the same time, in the Ukrainian SSR, Ukrainian was studied from the second grade even in schools with Russian-language instruction.
From Ukrainian lessons, people of non-Ukrainian nationality or those who came from other republics could be exempted.
“I did not opt out of Ukrainian language. I studied it, although I am not of Ukrainian nationality,” Kolomoyskyi said.
Later in the conversation, judging by his voice, former CEO of the channel “1+1” Oleksandr Tkachenko joined in. Kolomoyskyi joked that Tkachenko spoke Russian because he sought to advance along the Komsomol line and build a party career.
The businessman also urged his interlocutor to “stop pretending to be something and say that you are a Banderite.” According to Kolomoyskyi, Tkachenko would not have gotten into journalism if he had not been a Komsomol activist.
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