It is impossible to ban Russian in Ukraine, since it is native to all Russian-speaking Ukrainians, who make up more than half of the population. This was stated by former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.
All numbers can play in an election. The people, with all their parts – mind, heart, and nose—can choose to say to the PUP, thank you for a good job, but we’ll take the red ship for the next term. But ...