1. On a pedantic note, she was Ukrainian. The use of English on protests is, I presume, directed to the US. It’s also directed to the world, since most educated people speak English. It signals status as well as getting your message out.
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2. Educated people abroad (wherever they are abroad) will only speak English as a matter of course in my experience—as they spoke French in the 18thC.
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