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> Their use of Russian was not just because for export to russia or other russian speakers outside of Ukraine/Russia, it was not rare to make media aimed at a p
by dragonwriter 2y ago
> Their use of Russian was not just because for export to russia or other russian speakers outside of Ukraine/Russia, it was not rare to make media aimed at a primarily Ukranian audience in Russian.
I don't know about the other members of the troupe or the degree to which this is a factor, but Zelenskyy is himself a native Russian speaker.
- rat87 2y agoI'm sure it did but Zelenskyy and his shows weren't that unusual. russian was widely understood and spoken as a secondary language as well as being spoken by a significant number of Ukrainians as a primary language. It was not unusual to hear russian in Ukrainian media or see it in social media posts from Ukraine. Over the last decade and especially the last 3 years its changed a lot, the russian invasion has convinced a lot of Ukrainians including those with russian ancestors or who were born in russia to switch to Ukrainian.