ТАСС уполномочен заявить, или снова о языковом вопросе / Its all about language. Again.: ТАСС уполномочен заявить, или снова о языковом вопросе

We would like to give up walking on the thin ice of the language problem, but our beloved media does not let us to do so. At this time, the reader put on the alarm sending us a completely unbelievable news that the Administration of acting President of Ukraine Turchynov ordered to remove Russian-language versions of the official websites of public authorities. Perhaps we analyze the news thoroughly.

vikey 08.03.14 в 09:55

KIEV, March 7. / ITAR-TASS /. Administration of appointed by the Verkhovna Rada Acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov has ordered to the Ukrainian bodies of state power to enable Russian-language versions of their official websites, as the source in the Cabinet of Ministers reports to ITAR-TASS .

vikey 08.03.14 в 10:06

So, the first thing that can cause some doubts. Unknown "source" reports - as if about an already made decision, consequently, there is no sence for this source to hide. Our inner barometer automatically moved a pointer to the section "fake".

Devo 08.03.14 в 13:16

"Until March 10 all Ukrainian executive, legislative and judicial state authorities must block the access to the Russian versions of their official websites," - he said. According to the source, the Russian versions of internet pages of 14 key ministries are eliminated by now: the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Social Policy and others, as well as web portals of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine.

vikey 08.03.14 в 15:29

Oh, a mysterious source didn't take into account that it is quite easy to check such order. We will use Internet Wayback Machine service. Let's go, that's going to be fun!

Devo 08.03.14 в 13:05

The Ministry of Health. As of 13 of August 2013 - not only russian version is absent, but an english one also.

Devo 08.03.14 в 13:08

Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As of 16 of August 2013 - only ukrainian and english versions are available. As is now.

Devo 08.03.14 в 13:22

The ministry of military police. As of 1 of August of 2013 - russian version is in the headline of the site and functions. At the moment it is still in the headline, but isn't working. We won't dare to claim for certain, but it seems that it is connected to current events and in theory quite predictable.

Devo 08.03.14 в 13:30

Ministry of Finance - we'll just leave the link to the Russian version for you here, ITAR-TASS.

mishkiss 09.03.14 в 00:15

Ministry of Industry. As of February 14, 2014 Russian and English versions are available. The same as now.

vikey 08.03.14 в 14:03

Ministry of Social Policy. As of August 9, 2013 the link to the Russian version in the header is missing, but it can be found by replacing uk in the URL for ru. However, this version is still empty, as well as in the archive.

vikey 08.03.14 в 14:06

Supreme Court. As of 23 of August 2013 - only ukrainian and english versions are available.

Devo 08.03.14 в 12:59

Superior commercial court. As of 15 of August 2013 - only ukrainian and english versions are available.

Devo 08.03.14 в 13:37

"Moreover, the Russian language has disappeared from the official web pages of central executive bodies of special status: the Security Service, the Antimonopoly Committee, etc.," - the source added.

vikey 08.03.14 в 14:07

The same applies to the Security Service and the Antimonopoly Committee - Russian version either exists or there was no before.

vikey 08.03.14 в 14:09

We have got two questions on this subject.

Devo 08.03.14 в 13:00

First, the Ministry of Finance, for how long will you neglect the order of Acting President (a fake one)? Boo, saboteurs!

vikey 08.03.14 в 15:23

The second one requires a quotation:

Devo 08.03.14 в 13:33

Nowadays, the amount of information produced in the world is growing exponentially, so the question of its authenticity becomes acute. It is therefore of paramount importance to ITAR-TASS team the authenticity of the information received by our subscribers.

vikey 08.03.14 в 14:12

The Information Telegraph Agency of Russia, aren't you ashamed?

Devo 08.03.14 в 13:40

P.S. The one who finds the Russian versions of the above mentioned pages gets a beautiful picture a of pug for free!

vikey 08.03.14 в 14:13

Update: "News"by ITAR-TASS, seem to be picked up by everybody including the Echo of Moscow, Kommersant and RT:

vikey 08.03.14 в 14:15