A bill banning anglicisms on advertising posters has been submitted to the State Duma. It is expected to come into force in 2025. The authors of the project are a group of United Russia members who, as stated in the explanatory note, want to “protect the Russian language.”
A group of deputies from the United Russia party presented to the State Duma a bill prohibiting Anglicisms on advertising posters. Information in this regard is reflected in the system of support for legislative activities.
With the new law, the deputies want to “protect the Russian language” from Anglicisms in the public space, according to the explanatory note. The authors of the project pointed to “café”, “sale”, “open” and others as examples of such anglicisms.
The use of anglicisms in the commercial field is expected to be prohibited, including indications of promotions, sales, benefits, type of goods, as well as in the names of commercial properties, residential complexes and districts.
It is proposed to duplicate in Russian the advertising texts written in the languages of Russian nationalities.
If the bill is passed, it will go into effect in 2025.
Author:
Kirill Bilyk
Source: RB
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