News from overnight:
The last remaining Ukrainian-language school in Russian-occupied Crimea doesn’t provide instruction in the eastern Slavic language, Eskender Bariyev, head of the Crimean-Tatar Resource Center, told RFE/RL in a radio interview on January 1.
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Here's more from RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service on today's Bandera march in Kyiv:
Hundreds March In Kyiv Honoring Controversial Nationalist Leader
KYIV -- Hundreds of Ukrainian nationalists marched through downtown Kyiv in a torchlight parade to mark the birthday of the controversial partisan wartime leader Stepan Bandera.
The January 1 march to commemorate the birth of Bandera included an estimated 1,000 participants who hailed him as a hero.
A nationalist who led an insurgent army during World War II, Bandera is seen by many Ukrainians as a freedom fighter.
In Russia, however, he is seen as a traitor to the Soviet Union who collaborated with the Nazis.
Ukrainian police said the march ended peacefully and there were no arrests.
Ukrainian Nationalists Honor Controversial WWII-Era Leader
Thousands joined an annual January 1 march in Kyiv organized by the right-wing Svoboda party marking the birthday of the controversial 20th-century nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, who is hailed by many in Ukraine as a freedom fighter. In neighboring Russia, however, he is seen as a traitor to the Soviet Union who collaborated with the Nazis. (AP)
