  == Strong arguments ==  To summarise, it is spelled as Kyiv in English language because: : 1) Ukrainian government insists on Kyiv spelling : 2) The State Department of the U.S. issued a directive to write Kyiv : 3) The Prime Minister of the U.K. calls the city Kyiv : 4) United Nations Multilingual Terminology Database (the ultimate body on geographical names) approved it as Kyiv : 5) Major English speaking governments worldwide switched to Kyiv spelling : 6) CIA refers to the city as Kyiv : 7) The name of the famous football club is Dynamo Kyiv : 8) Many papers, e.g., British The Guardian, are already writing Kyiv : 9) All major Canadian media already use the spelling of Kyiv : 10) and many more reasons http://kyiv.of-cour.se/ : (  )