The speaker of the parliament of Kyrgyzstan forbade the minister to speak in Russian.

Speaker of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan Nurlanbek Shakiev at a meeting of the legislative assembly on Thursday forbade the Minister of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision Dinara Kutmanova to speak in Russian.

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At the meeting, deputies and officials discussed methods of combating smog in Bishkek. Speaking with a report on the work done, Kutmanova asked permission to read out the data in Russian and immediately proceeded to the report.

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“Who did you ask permission to speak in Russian, why not in Kyrgyz?” – the speaker interrupted her and in an orderly tone demanded to speak in the state language.

The Russian language in Kyrgyzstan has the status of an official language.