Ukraine (21st Century Crisis)

Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, Ukrayina; Russian: Украина, Ukraina), or the Republic of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Республіка Україна, Russian: Республика украина) sometimes called the Ukraine, is a country in Eastern Europe. Ukraine has a population of about 42.5 million, making it the 32nd most populous country in the world. Its capital and largest city is Kiev. Ukrainian is the official language and its alphabet is Cyrillic. The dominant religions in the country are Eastern Orthodoxy and Greek Catholicism. .

Language
Currently, Ukrainian is the national language, and Russian is prescribed as a secondary, optional official state language. Both Ukrainian and Russian are Eastern Slavic languages, and Ukrainian is known for preserving Old East Slavic spellings.

Because of Ukraine's history as an Imperial Russian and Soviet territory, Ukraine is still Russophone, and attempts to eliminate Russian cultural and linguistic influence failed, with 51% of Ukrainians stating fluency in Russian to some extent.

However, Ukrainian is the language of medium, national news broadcasts and national anthems. In big cities, such as the capital of Kiev, fluency in Russia is near 80%.

Religion
Most Ukrainians are members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, where the patriarchate located in Kiev. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is Ukraine's state religion.

News
2/1/19 - Borys Kolsenikov has been elected to be the new President-Elect of Ukraine, to succeed current Interim President Viktor Yanukovych.

As for the Prime Minister-Designate, Viktor Medvedchuk has been elected to succeed Serhiy Arbuzov. Both belong to parties considered friendly to Russia, and the European Union is already up in arms claiming that the Emergency Elections have been rigged in favor of Russia-friendly candidates.

Prime Minister-Designate Viktor Medvechuk stated, "We have not been elected into office yet, and here comes the European Union and NATO, ready to provoke once more, we do not want another war, but they seem to really, really want one."