Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov won a court case on the use of the Russian language in social networks. According to the court decision, published in the Unified Register, Terekhov avoided administrative punishment in the form of paying a fine..

" Cancel the decision of the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language Kremn Taras Dmitrievich No. 17 dated 29. 12. 2022 on finding Person_1 guilty of committing an administrative offense under part 2 of article 188-52 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and applying an administrative penalty to him in the form of a fine in the amount of UAH 3,400.00,"

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The judge agreed with the arguments of the defense of the mayor that he maintains his pages on social networks not as an official. The defense also pointed out that the resolution is illegal, since the Commissioner violated the procedure for its adoption, namely, the measure of state control over the use and functioning of the state language was not implemented.

As reported earlier, Terekhov paid a fine of UAH 3,400 for using the Russian language on national television..