The Russian State Duma fears that the Verkhovna Rada’s abolition of the law conferring regional language status on the Russian language could complicate relations between the Russian Federation and the new government of Ukraine.
Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the Duma Committee for CIS matters, Eurasian integration, and relations with Russian nationals, announced his objections to the language law to journalists in Moscow, reports news channel UNIAN. “I hope this negative step will not complicate our dialogue with the future coalition government in Ukraine,” Slutsky said. “Undoubtedly, this dialogue will be conducted in Russian,” he concluded.
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Voices of Ukraine 
I would love to see a Yushchenko move whenever associating with the Russian government. Demand that interpreters be present and the Ukrainian delegation speak only in Ukrainian even at social functions. At the beginning of his presidency Yushchenko demanded this form Putin.