Deputies of the Kherson City Council overturned the decision of the previous cadence, which gave the Russian language the status of a regional. 33 of 38 electors voted for. 3 members of the Oppoblok faction and one out-of-fraction deputy did not vote, write Kherson news.

The law of Ukraine on the basics of language policy was adopted when cadenza fugitive ex-president Viktor Yanukovich.

It provided for the establishment of the official use of regional languages ??in the work of local governments. In Kherson, the Russian language was given such status on August 21, 2012. Then 47 deputies of the local council voted for. The regional council made the similar decision a little earlier - on August 17.

On February 28 of this year, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, by its decision, noted the effect of the “language law”, declaring it unconstitutional.