Originally Posted by
etudiant
Afaik, the problem started when the Ukraine government prohibited the use of Russian in Ukrainian schools, a clear signal that the large Russian speaking minority was unwanted.
Perhaps the responsible people should visit Canada, which successfully defused an analogous threat from their francophone Quebec based minority.
Born and raised in Vancouver and I would not say it was successfully defused at all. To this day there is still simmering anger on both sides. Quite a lot of Canadians would be glad to see the back of them.