Kremlin’s double standards on language issues in post-Soviet space continued
More than most governments, the Kremlin behaves in exactly the same way it routinely accuses other countries of…
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Moscow’s invasion hasn’t affected Russian language rights in Ukraine, experts say
Despite Moscow’s claims and the expectations of some others, Russia’s Anschluss of Crimea and its invasion of the…
Fewer Russians but more Russian speakers: The changing face of Russia
The number and percentage of ethnic Russians in Astrakhan has been declining two to three percent every decade,…
Russia ‘for first time in its history’ has lost its monopoly on the Russian language, Zhadan says
The bilingual Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan, who writes exclusively in Ukrainian, says that Russia “for the first time…
Ukraine should shift from Cyrillic to Latin script, former Verkhovna Rada deputy says
To solidify its break from a Russia-dominated space, Ukraine should shift from the Cyrillic alphabet used in Russian…
Putin and the evolving politics of prepositions about Ukraine
The use of “v” versus the use of “na” as a preposition about being “in Ukraine” has become…
Putin’s pursuit of ‘Russian world’ is destroying it
Vladimir Putin has made the Russian language a key element in his definition of “the Russian world” he wants…
By supporting Chechen across Russia, Grozny challenges Moscow’s language policy — and with Moscow’s money
Chechnya under Ramzan Kadyrov has challenged Moscow in many ways, but now it has taken on a new…
Putin launches broad new attack against non-Russian languages
Staunton, May 20 – Vladimir Putin wants to make the number of hours of Russian-language instruction in Russian…
Russian language not united or unifying even inside Russian Federation
Despite Vladimir Putin’s having put the Russian language at the center of his ideas about a “Russian world,”…
The Ukrainian language as a worldview marker
Every Tuesday, third-year philology student Yulia Haleta turns from a Kyiv-Mohyla Academy student into a professor. The young…
Terrorists in Luhansk ban study of Ukrainian history and language
Terrorists in Luhansk banned the study of Ukrainian history and language in schools. In local schools in Luhansk,…
Olga Dukhich: Identity wars between Russians and Ukrainians
Identity in political and social discourse is most frequently a tool to separate and create simple groups – oppositions.…