Language referendum of Karianka (2018)

Referendum for Russian language in Karianka or unofficially the language referendum of Karianka or Russkiy v Karianka (Russian in Karianka) is the referendum which was planned to be voted in 4th February 2018. It was planned to determine whether should Karianka accept Russian as an official language. The referendum is first postponed, then abolished by the eduskunta.

Background
In February 2017, Society of Russian People in Karianka and Union of Minority Rights promised to Russian people about making Russian an official language. One day later, president of the Republican Party and the Prime Minister, Albert Iliich stated "That would be beneficial for Karianka in international sight. Russian is one of the core languages of the world, and it isn't too far to our culture. I'm saying these world as a Karanese, not a Russian-origin."

In March, UMR submitted a proposal of the referendum to eduskunta, and it was approved by some parties, including Republican Party, Green Party and Democratic Socialist Party from the government. After the decision, Anti-Slavists, nationalists and Pro-Finnists of Karianka protested the decision in some cities. Protests started in the second biggest city of Karianka, St. Peter of North and protests in Pietari were handled by the police.

Government

 * Republican Party – The Chairman Albert Iliich stated "That would be beneficial for Karianka in international sight. Russian is one of the core languages of the world, and it isn't too far to our culture. I'm saying these world as a Karanese, not a Russian-origin." (2015)
 * Green Party – The Chairman Iakub Mustaštaínen stated "I agree with my friend, Albert and his Republicans. Russian is an international language, different from Karanese so we should adopt Russian as an official language." (2015)
 * Union for Finnic Unity – The Chairman Samuel Saarin stated "Are you crazy? When you can't even give the true value to your own brothers, Finns, will you give value to your enemies, Russians? Iliich, we Finns thought that you are thinking as a Karanese citizen, not a Russian, but we thought wrong. And Mustaštaínen, who knows that you don't have a western (probably he said it as Germanic, maybe Swede since Karans are originally eastern people) blood? It is obvious that you are traitor! My last words are, Karianka for us, not Slavs!" (2015)
 * Democratic Socialist Party – The Chairman Valentin Renatoff stated "We should accept Russians, as people, as Karanese citizens, as one of us. And they have also rights. We should accept Russian, for them and for us. For everyone." (2017)

Eduskunta

 * Party of the Fair Unity – The Chairman Ukko Saden stated "Why? Just why. Aren't you pleased and satisfied with placing the immigrants and ruining our country, our culture? Aren't you pleased with nearly 2 millions of immigrants? 100,000 of them are Russian, I'm reminding it. Will you give them the chance of independence? They made us suffer, for centuries! Alan made us autonomous, Matthew fucked us up and Kok rescued us! And now, you are choosing the way of fucking Matthew! Perhaps, you will punish the Karans' voice, because we cursed! But we won't shut our mouth! Karans' voice will be everywhere! In your mind and your filthy consciences. Iliich must go!" (2015)
 * Karanese Workers' Socialist Party – The Chairman Mir Kukkanen stated "Is that your understanding of internationalism? Internationalism isn't sabotaging the country. If we socialists can even make an alliance with the right siders, with conservatives against this, you should think that that's totally wrong, or you are dumb." (2017)
 * Union of Minority Rights – The Chairman Fyodor Vasilíev didn't talk too much about it but he stated that "There is nothing to talk at all. I'm just saying we're right, and we will win." (2016)