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Recently, a protest took place near the Lviv Polytechnic National University, where students demanded the dismissal of Professor Iryna Farion. Today, November 20, in particular, university teachers came to protest in support of him. They do not agree with the dismissal of the professor and demand the dismissal of the Minister of Education and Science Oksan Lisovai. This was reported by Tvoemisto.tv.
Law enforcement officials reached the spot and restored order.
Read more details later on Tvoemisto.tv.
Also read: “We don’t call Ukrainians cattle.” Farian and picketed the Lviv Polytechnic
It is worth recalling that the scandal surrounding the language issue related to Irina Farian recently erupted after the linguist and former vice chancellor. Interview Journalist Yanina Sokolova said that the Russian-speaking guards were not considered Ukrainians. It mainly concerns the soldiers of the “Azov” regiment.
Subsequently, the student union committee of the Lviv Polytechnic National University, where Farian works as a teacher, responded to the incident. University students insisted Don’t support Requested the law enforcement authorities to consider such position and situation. In particular, on November 14, nearly 2,000 people demonstrated under the main building of the Lviv Polytechnic. They demanded the release of Irina Farion and her public apology. Tvoemisto.tv visited the protest and asked the participants about the purpose of their meeting. Read the link.
Later, Irina Farian was still expelled from the university.
Also read: “Lviv Polytechnic” cannot explain why Farion’s notice of dismissal disappeared. Updated
It may be added that Irina Farian was a member of the Verkhovna Rada from Svoboda in 2012-2014. Earlier, Farian and two others applied for the Bandera prize in the Lviv region, but were rejected.
Julia Kmedic
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