Annual rating of English language proficiency worldwide shows Russia holding steady, notwithstanding anti-Western propaganda and travel bans.

A translator with Russian roots ruminates on her past, and what it means to be a Russophile today.

...and you are likely to find a Tatar one beneath it. We dig into the sordid details.

Where we explore the very particular relationship that Russians have with their language.

What could be more appropriate than to take a trip with Chekhov across the Ukrainian steppe?

Ukraine has begun a "derussification" of street names, replacing them with names of important Ukrainians.

In recent months the Russian press corps has been honing its euphemistic language skills, wondering how to talk crap.

In which we look at Finno-Ugric words that have made their way into the Russian Language. (Click title to download PDF.)

While state censor Roskomnadzor objects to the terms attack, invasion, or war being used for the Russian "special military operation" in Ukraine, average Russians are showing their disapproval.

The newly released Wordle game now has a Russian language version! Go try it out! 

In Russian, neither a Scrooge nor a Plyushkin be!

Bad news for Russian language students: it looks like there might soon be some new spelling rules to memorize.