Perché alcuni ucraini parlano russo

‘Russian is a dialect of Ukrainian language, – famous lexicographer [Vladimir Dal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Dal) concluded’

is the name of the article on the net that explains that Moscow has been trying to exterminate it for this very reason. It debunks the ‘elder brother’ myth.

I would hazard a guess that now most Ukrainians don’t speak Russian.