{
  "id": 8933464,
  "title": "Language ombudsperson fines MPs Feldman and Boiko for Russian-language advertising",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/language-ombudsperson-fines-mps-feldman-and-boiko-for-russian",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T13:51:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Interfax-Ukraine",
    "slug": "interfax-ukraine",
    "url": "https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1207523.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language, Olena Ivanovska, has imposed administrative fines of UAH 5,100 each on Ukrainian MPs Oleksandr Feldman and Roman Zahorodny. This comes after they violated language legislation through Russian-language advertising on the Meta platform.\n\nIn August, the public movement Chesno lodged two complaints with the Commissioner's Secretariat regarding the dissemination of paid Russian-language advertisements linked to Ukrainian MPs. One complaint focused on Feldman's targeted posts in a non-state (Russian) language, while the other concerned advertisements on behalf of MP Yuriy Boiko, a member of the organization Peace. Development. Stability, by the same platform.\n\nFollowing these complaints, state control measures revealed violations of the Law on Ensuring the Functioning of Ukrainian as the State Language in both instances. As a result, administrative offense reports were filed against Feldman and Zahorodny. After reviewing the cases, Ivanovska handed down fines of UAH 5,100 each for their infractions.",
  "summary": "Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language Olena Ivanovska has issued rulings imposing fines of UAH 5,100 for violations of language legislation on Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Feldman and Roman Zahorodny, head of the public organization \"Peace.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}