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Advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak in in an interview with local television, he said that in the event of the return of the territories of Crimea and Donbas, the Ukrainian authorities would need to “eradicate everything Russian” at the state level.
< p>“If you share the values of the Russian Federation, you must come to the Russian Federation and live there. No You can tell us to build monuments to those who are popular in Russia You can't tell us you want to watch Russian TV Because Russia is our enemy We shouldn't have a dialogue about whether a person has the right to speak Russian or not Yes, use at home, please,” said Podolyak.
According to the state's point of view, there should be a Ukrainian cultural space on the territory of Ukraine, and not a Russian one.
Podolyak also said that “as soon as we enter (on territories of Crimea and Donbass), it will be necessary to carry out investigations against people whom the Ukrainian authorities suspect of helping Russia in previous periods. According to him, the basis for verification can be obtaining a Russian passport, which, according to him, can amount to “collaborationism.”
“The territory of Ukraine is the cultural space of Ukraine, it is the media space of Ukraine. If someone either does not want to follow the rules of Ukraine, then they must either leave the territory of Ukraine, or lose some of their rights and not dictate their terms to us,” added Podoljak.