Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born in Crimea and raised in Kherson, journalist Yevheniia Virlych grew up speaking both Ukrainian and Russian in her daily life.

The FINANCIAL — Russian has started becoming popular again, ever since the new government promised to restore economic, cultural and political relations with its previously-hostile neighbour. From the ...

Newly discovered documents by investigative outlet Schemes reveal that a Kremlin-backed foundation secretly financed and ...

A central theme of Kremlin propaganda justifying the Ukraine invasion is the myth of Russians and the Russian language being persecuted in Ukraine. Yet at the same time, in Russia itself, Moscow’s ...

A new educational initiative titled "In the Language of Good" has been launched in Moscow, focusing on the personalities, ideas and intellectual traditions that shaped the emergence of a common ...

A senior lecturer of Russian and Czech received an excellence in teaching award for expanding Russian and Slavic language ...

In late 2025, Russia launched a new Russian-language television channel in Kyrgyzstan, aiming to extend the reach of Kremlin-friendly messaging in Central Asia. The initiative highlights the enduring ...

June 6 was declared International Russian language day by the United Nations in 2010 to coincide with the birthday of Aleksandr Pushkin, considered the father of modern Russian literature. In terms of ...

A recent incident at a school in Uzbekistan between a teacher and a sixth-grader who asked her why she didn't speak Russian in a Russian class has led to heated statements between Russian and Uzbek ...

Since Peter Reznikov took over as head of Russian at Eton 15 years ago, the number of Eton College students studying Russian increased six-fold. As the Soviet empire was crumbling in August 1991, ...