Just as Ukrainians have ethnic slurs for Jews [2], for example.
What's that supposed to prove?
The Russian language has its share as well of course, and guess what -- the most common one is identical to the same term as used in Ukrainian:
At the 23 February 2006 rally celebrating the Soviet Defenders of the Fatherland Day, a yearly tribute to war veterans, according to the newspaper Kommersant, marchers flourished signs with messages including "Zhyds! Stop drinking Russian blood!", "White State!", and "Russian Government for Russia".[13]
The vastly bigger point is that antisemitism has been on the decline (and officially discouraged) in both countries for quite some time, of course. My direct sources on the matter in Ukraine (i.e. Ukrainian Jews) uniformly and adamantly maintain that, while there was a bit of an upswell in the late Soviet era, by now it is so vastly reduced as to be a non-issue.
I'll definitely take their word over yours, any day.
Also, note that Jude is slur in Russian language, but common word in Ukrainian language, for example Zhydachiv[1] (Жидачів) town means "town of Judes", and so on. This is common source of frustration back then (about 100 years ago, when Russians occupied Western Ukraine), and now, when usage of word slowly returns back to norm.
What's that supposed to prove?
The Russian language has its share as well of course, and guess what -- the most common one is identical to the same term as used in Ukrainian:
The vastly bigger point is that antisemitism has been on the decline (and officially discouraged) in both countries for quite some time, of course. My direct sources on the matter in Ukraine (i.e. Ukrainian Jews) uniformly and adamantly maintain that, while there was a bit of an upswell in the late Soviet era, by now it is so vastly reduced as to be a non-issue.I'll definitely take their word over yours, any day.