Superstitious Russians — 99 percent of my acquaintances — believe that any високосный год (leap year) is an unlucky year. I scoffed until 2020.

Improve your language by learning some tongue twisters.

"Kakov nipudt pakaru!" The classic 1990 movie Hunt for Red October had a $30 million budget. Apparently none of that went towards Russian language coaches.

Some linguistic tips on how to be a good dinner guest.

A look at avian idioms and phrases you will find useful in helping your Russian take flight. (Meanwhile, brush up on your bird names here.)

Russian grammar is tough, even for the Russians that make official constitutional-referendum ballots.

As the коронавирусная пандемия (the coronavirus pandemic) still affects just about every aspect of our lives, it has, of course, been changing the way we speak.

A beet-based cold soup to spice up your summer soirees...

In this issue's language learning section, we let a little sunshine in...

School certificates in the city of Tolyatti were declared void due to spelling errors.

This issue's language column looks at famous war movies.

No matter what Russia does, it can’t seem to dam up the flood of Anglicisms.