τι, ακριβώς, βλέπετε ως "απλή" υπόθεση, δεν το καταλαβαίνω...According to official data from the 2001 Ukrainian census, the RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IS NATIVE for over 14,273,000 Ukrainian citizens (29.3% of the total population).Ethnic Russians form 56% of the total Russian-speaking population, while the remaining Russophones are people of other ethnic background: 5,545,000 Ukrainians, 172,000 Belarusians, 86,000 Jews, 81,000 Greeks, 62,000 Bulgarians, 46,000 Moldovans, 43,000 Tatars, 43,000 Armenians, 22,000 Poles, 21,000 Germans, 15,000 Crimean Tatars.Therefore the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine forms the LARGEST linguistic group in modern Europe with its language being NON-OFFICIAL in the state. The Russian-speaking population of Ukraine constitutes the largest Russophone community outside the Russian Federation.Polls:According to July 2012 polling by RATING 55% of the surveyed adult residents over 18 years of age believed that their native language is rather Ukrainian, 40% - RATHER RUSSIAN, 1% - another language. 5% could not decide which language is their native one.Ethnic groups (2001) 77.8% Ukrainians17.3% Russians4.9% others / unspecifiedPopulation- 2013 estimate 44,573,205[2] (29th) - 2001 census 48,457,102