Local ombudsman Taras Kremen fined a taxi driver from Kyiv who refused to serve passengers in Ukrainian.
Local Ombudsman Taras Kremen fined a taxi driver from Kyiv, who in October 2023 refused to speak Ukrainian with female passengers. After a short argument, he demanded that the women leave the car.
Now the man must pay 3,400 hryvnia to the city budget.
“The fine has not yet been paid, but I want to confirm to the citizens of Ukraine that for each of these facts we are carrying out claim work“, said the Ombudsman.
By the way, after a video with a scandalous taxi driver appeared on the Internet, Bolt broke the cooperation agreement with him, but was subjected to massive criticism.
Taras Kremen says that last year he received 3,692 statements regarding violations of language laws. This is 30% more than in 2022.
Let us remind you that People’s Deputy Yuri Boyko, ex-adviser of the Office of President Alexey Arestovich and singer Svetlana Loboda offered to help the previously fired man find a new job. The singer even was going to take a man to work for himself.
The taxi driver himself wrote it down appeal, where it was clear that the man did not speak Ukrainian and could hardly voice the pre-written text. The man called on Ukrainians not to believe fakes and thanked everyone who supported him after the resonance in society.
Author: Anastasia Yugova
2024-01-09 19:10:32
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