Author Maria Galina declined to accept the 2025 Dar Literary Prize, sparking debate over engagement with Russian-language literature in wartime. 

Karolina Pavlova struggled to find literary acclaim as a woman in the 19th century, but her work endures.

Russia has passed a law prohibiting inscriptions in foreign languages in signs and billboards.

Those with a careful eye will note that we have a very specific way of referring to the conflict in Ukraine: Russia’s War on Ukraine.

Some foreigners are traveling to Russia to enlist in the army.

One hundred and sixty-seven years on, a Dostoyevsky novella is seeing a resurgence in popularity. 

On how changing stress or a few letters can make all the difference.

Women discuss their decisions to adopt a "matronymic," honoring their mothers, rather than the traditional Russian patronymic.

Speaking Russian in this time of war is as much about the words you cannot say as those you can.

Memes generated by Russia's stark new reality are affecting language and usage.