Kiev was based on the Russian forced transliteration of the capital name, despite the capital being named after the country's founder Kyi. Kyiv is the Ukrainian spelling of the name, and thus is the correct way to spell it. I would also support the request. Russia does not dictate how another country spells it's own city/capitol name, and neither does the US. It's not based on language. If we share a similar alphabet, then we should spell it correctly out of respect.