Iryna Farion, a professor and former Ukraine MP, have been killed after being shot on the street in Lviv, a city in western Ukraine. She was a linguist, and had promoted the Ukrainian language, and been very much opposed against Ukrainians who spoke Russian as their first language, a legacy of the long Soviet rule.
Nationalist campaigner for the Ukrainian language is shot dead in Lviv
Iryna Farion, 60, a former MP known for her opposition to officials speaking in Russian, was attacked on the street
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