Parliament unlikely to make Russian the second state language

President's initiative on recognition of Russian as the second state language will hardly find support in the parliament, Party of Regions faction leader Oleksandr Yefremov told a briefing, ForUm correspondent reports.

The MP noted that according to the current procedure, 330 votes are needed to pass the decision. "Honestly, I work in the parliament every day, and I don't see these votes," he said.

Yefremov stressed that initiation of a national referendum on language issue is also unlikely in Ukraine. "We've never held a national referendum, and I am not ready to tell if there are proper mechanisms to do it now," the MP said.