The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, signed the law "On Geographical Names", which prohibits assigning names related to Russia and its figures to geographical objects and streets, according to the document's card on the website of the Verkhovna Rada.
"Assignment to geographical objects, legal entities and objects of property rights of the names of the state that glorifies, perpetuates, promotes or contains the symbols of Russian imperial policy, as well as the names of the terrorizing state, as well as the terrorist state (aggressor state) or its notable, memorable, historical and cultural places, settlements, dates, events are prohibited," the document reads.
The law will enter into force three months after its publication. Self-governing bodies and military administrations must free public space from symbols of the "Russian world" within six months: dismantle monuments and memorial signs, rename streets and other objects.
Localities whose names promote Russian imperial policy and its figures should also be renamed.
