The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has generally adopted a new law on national minorities, repealing the old one. The corresponding bill No. 8224 on national minorities was supported by 324 MPs at a meeting on December 13, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said..

The bill establishes the definition of "

In particular, the fifth article of the law guarantees citizens of Ukraine, regardless of their ethnic origin, belonging or non-membership to national minorities, civil, political, social, economic, cultural and linguistic rights and freedoms defined by the Constitution..

A person belonging to a national minority has the right to self-identification, freedom of public association and peaceful assembly, freedom of expression and opinion, thought, speech, conscience and religion; participation in political, economic and social life; use of the language of a national minority, education, in particular the languages \u200b\u200bof national minorities; preservation of the cultural identity of the national community.

The bill also amends the Law of Ukraine "