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1. Mark My Words

A St. Petersburg legislator initiated legal action against Putin for calling the war in Ukraine "war," violating his own laws.

Tags: dissent, language, law, vladimir putin, war in ukraine
2. English Gains in Russia

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

Tags: education, language, english
3. Russian and Me

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

Tags: history, literature, language
4. Scratch a Russian Word...

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

Tags: language, history, mongol, tatar
5. Steppe, by Anton Chekhov

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

Tags: language, chekhov, ukraine
6. Strengthening Communication

The English language may soon become Ukraine's business lingua franca.

Tags: economy, business, war in ukraine, Ukraine, english, language
7. Watch Where You Step

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

Tags: Russian, language, euphemisms
8. Six Chances, One Wordle

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

Tags: 2022, language, social media, russian language, games
9. Spelling Out the Rules

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

 

Tags: writing, education, grammar, spelling, russian language, language
10. Мафия рулит! (или Итальянский в России)

In this issue's language page, we look at the influence that Italian has had on the Russian language.

Tags: foreign agents, language, italian

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