This was on CBNN.com today:

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA -- The Russian president Putin had a short meeting this morning with the Russian Council of Language and Orthography, consisting of five university professors in linguistics, education and law. This preparatory meeting, which is part of the initial phase in the long term process of modernising Russian language, was mainly focussed on the presentation of Council's evaluation of Russia's position in world literature. The evaluation report and a document concerning the Language Council's reform plans were handed over to president Putin who valued the Council's work highly.

The Russian president briefly stated the importance of the linguistic and cultural component in the economical stabilisation and political integration of Russia and its befriended Slavic states, Belorussia and Serbia. (Afterwards, some commentators interpreted these short statements as another stab in the direction of the European Union's democratic leaders who denounced the coup d'etat by the Belorussian military dictator just over a week ago)

Although no conclusive decisions have been made as yet concerning language reform, one of the first steps proposed is the elimination of so-called 'softners' in Russian language. These are special characters in cyrillic alphabet that slightly change the pronounciation of several letters. One of the reform plans is to rewrite all Russian language school books over a period of three years such that these redundant characters are deleted. The first books for ages 5-7 are already prepared and should be in print this autumn.

In a personal interview, one of the university researchers of this national project slightly lifted the veil of silence surroundig this program and told CNN of the highly ambitious goals of the language reformers. Most peculiar is the intention of complete latinisation of Russian language: the introduction and exclusive use of modern latin alphabet, leaving the medieval cyrillic characters only a page in the history school books.

The first few nationalist protesters waving panslavic flags outside the Ministry of Education showed their mixed feelings about the project. Four protesters holding hands were loudly shouting "Panslavic unity, but cyrillic is not history!". But within a minute they were wiped off the pavement by Russian police officers, Belorussian style. Inside, one professor joked (to the independent press) about the protesters that were brought to silence: "So? They ask for softeners, they get softeners!"

Abigail McCrawford, CBNN, Moscow.

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