It depends how you look at it... If you exclude the state relations between Ukraine and Russia that shouldn't play a role here, the tensions were heightened after the repeal of the language law and looking at it, it could well be due to the lack of preparation and not thought through consequences. Clearly the lack of project of what should be the Ukraine state from the Maidan crowd lead to decisions making satisfying more passed frustrations and feelings of Russian domination true or not than responding to urgent economic woes and well thought state institutions reforms addressing the political landscape representation issues and communities relations. Among the consequences the repeal of the language law was from the Maidan crowd only seen as a Ukrainian identity affirmative action of the Ukrainian state and an independent message from Russia miscalculating the impact it will have on communities relations within Ukraine. Due to the lack of explanation and communication of the Kiev authorities over their intentions and language policies, the Russian speaking communities were left to evaluate the consequences of  the policy reverse decision and what will be the future not just of the Russian language but of the Russian language speakers in Ukraine's society with very little references elsewhere. It shouldn't come as a surprise that their reaction is to feel rejected, the Ukrainian identity affirmative action of the Ukraine's state felt as a rejection of who they are and their imagination left to evaluate the type and intensity of the discrimination they will have to face in the future to access a wide range of civil service positions and the possibility to be turned into second class citizens as it happened in the Baltics... If the Kiev authorities want to see any normalization they will have to come forward with a comprehensive plan explaining the sense of the Ukrainian identity affirmation and how it is disconnected from the policies within Ukraine's society towards the minorities languages, cultures and well being.