Voronetsky, P.M. Legal nature and status of the state language of the republic as a constituent subject of Russia

Abstract: There are many state languages on the territory of the Russian Federation. According to part 2 of the Art. 68 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Republics, which are the constituent parts of the Russian Federation, have a right to establish their own state languages in addition to the federal language. The quantity of languages are not limited, and some Republics established two or more state languages in addition to the federal language. The status of these state languages is rather different from a federal state language. This article by P.M. Voronetsky is devoted to these differences…