We offer 4 years of Russian language studies and a wide range of courses in literature, culture, and area studies. You will be part of a close-knit and dynamic community with numerous co-curricular ...

Russian is classified as a critical language by the US State Department, meaning Russian language students are eligible for special funding, educational, and career opportunities. Russian speakers and ...

Without exaggerating, 2021 was the year of the Russian language in relations between Central Asia and Russia. No other issue seemed to so consistently top bilateral diplomatic relations as much as the ...

The status of Russian remains deeply contentious in Moldova – and both Moscow and Moldova’s politicians have shown their willingness to exacerbate divisions by playing the language card. A look into ...

The number of Russian speakers in Central Asia has declined since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, mostly due to sociodemographic factors such as the migration of ethnic Russians and population ...

President Islam Karimov's administration spent much of the post-Soviet era trying to insulate Uzbekistan against Russia's hegemonic influence. For example, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the ...

Many Ukraine citizens speak Russian as their first language. Volunteer organizations are helping them improve their Ukrainian and abandon “the occupiers’ language.” By Erika Solomon LVIV, Ukraine — ...

The turning point for Russian in Uzbekistan arrived in 1995. It was in that year that the late President Islam Karimov made Uzbek the country’s sole official language in an implicit effort to peel ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When school started this year for Mikalay in Belarus, the 15-year-old discovered that his teachers and administrators no longer called him by that name. Instead, they referred ...

In the run-up to his invasion, Vladimir Putin tried to justify his predatory intent by saying Russia needed to protect Russian-speakers in cities like Odessa. His self-serving argument is now the butt ...

Before, it was also against the law to use words and phrases that didn’t conform with the norms of the contemporary literary Russian language, including obscenities MOSCOW, February 28. /TASS/.