The status of the Russian language and NATO membership were two of the hotly debated issues that delayed the signing of a national unity agreement on key policies by President Viktor Yushchenko and parliamentary leaders before Yanukovych's appointment as prime minister last month.
The sides eventually agreed to keep Ukrainian as the main state language, without entrenching it as the only official language.
"We will propose that the government include in its program and allocates budget funds for a nationwide referendum on NATO accession and on granting Russian the status of an official language," Petro Symonenko said.
Yanukovych said last month that granting Russian the status of an official language in the country was impossible under current conditions, but that Ukraine needs a law to regulate the use of the Russian language, in line with the European Charter for [Regional or Minority] Languages.
Symonenko said the Communist faction will advocate budget spending in full on programs to enable the Charter to be applied in Ukraine.
The Communist Party, which is part of the parliamentary coalition, led by Yanukovych's Party of Regions, and has 21 seats in the 450-member Supreme Rada, will also advocate a common economic space for Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, he said.
"The creation of a common economic space should be an important part of the government's anti-crisis program, along with the formation of a gas-transportation venture, comprising Ukraine, Russia and interested parties from Europe and Asia," he said.
