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  • Kyiv or Kiev? Zelensky or Zelenskyy? For Ukraine, spelling is a political act

    Mar 8, 2022 1:15 pm by The ForwardIllinois in the News
    Ukranian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo courtesy Getty Images

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    The Forward (March 7) 'Ukrainians do not want the name of their capital city to be transliterated from Russian because it is reminiscent of the colonial past, including all of the injustices committed against Ukraine,' says U of I's Roman Ivashkiv.