The head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Russia’s international assistance agency, has an ambitious plan for the Kremlin soft-power ...

Many Russian-speakers in the war-torn country are opting to speak Ukrainian instead.

While Ukrainian is the official state language, many Ukrainians speak Russian, a consequence of centuries of Russification under the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.

The Republic of Estonia is reforming its school system. Russian will gradually be phased out as a language of instruction by the year 2030. Soon all children will only be taught in Estonian ...

Lappeenranta (Finland) (AFP) – Two Finnish towns near the Russian border plan to close schools offering Russian language and culture classes, upsetting parents and students who say cross ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has done more harm to the Russian language’s standing than perhaps any other leader in at least a century.

An influx of exiled Russian activists and refugees from Ukraine and Belarus is stirring fears in a country that fought to preserve its language and culture under Soviet occupation.

Over more than three decades of "Turkmenization," the Russian language has taken a back seat in Turkmenistan. But it is still a popular choice as a second language for the political elite and ...

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from LMU, the University of Bath, and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have analyzed changes in the use of language on social media in Ukraine ...

Russian House (RCC) offers free online Russian language classes in collaboration with St. Petersburg University. Fifteen students from each district can join. Sessions led by St. Petersburg ...

Waiters, hairdressers and shopkeepers have stopped using Russian. Ukrainian language books are flying off the shelves, and local publishers are struggling to keep up with orders.