Russian Language

Russian (русский язык, tr. russkiy yazyk) is an East Slavic language native to the Russians in Eastern Europe. It is an official language in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, as well as being widely used throughout the Caucasus, Central Asia and to some extent in the Baltic states. Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages, one of the four living members of the East Slavic languages alongside, and part of the larger Balto-Slavic branch. There is a high degree of mutual intelligibility between Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian. Russian was the de facto language of the Soviet Union until its dissolution …

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CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 18 April 2024 English

Despite embracing democracy, radical-right parties pose a significant challenge to the EU’s fundamental values. European leaders and institutions must address this challenge to safeguard democracy in the EU and ensure …

Estonian politicians, berated the use of the Russian language in Estonia, and depicted EKRE’s political


FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 12 April 2024 English

In the early 1990s, Kyrgyzstan was often referred to as an “island of democracy” in Central Asia. The “island’s” shores have receded over the years, but

12, the Culture Ministry ordered Kloop’s Russian-language website to be blocked. In late October, the


DGAP: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik · 5 April 2024 English

Democratic policymakers should prepare for a to keep the service running, review sanctions to fa- YouTube ban in Russia, prioritize cooperation cilitate the upkeep of Google’s infrastructure in Rus- with …

seems to have worked rela- limited as their Russian-language content will interest tively well and creators The most popular mobile operat- sche Welle’s Russian-language channel (2.2 million). ing system in Russia


CNA: Center for Naval Analyses · 1 April 2024 English

By analytical black box during the Cold War.7 Therefore, contrast, in the 1980s, the military’s influence in the 1970s and 1980s, US scholars and academics seemed to wane as the …

offered inputs. Civilian experts articles from Russian-language military publications outside of government the publication of a controversial (inside Russian-language articles drawn primarily from the the editorial open-source research, particularly in the Russian language, for US national security interests.202 Scholars


FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 26 March 2024 English

Consider the following pieces of a puzzle. Russia’s war against Ukraine has revealed stories about the heroic resistance efforts of Ukrainian women: from a

extremely limited (particularly in terms of Russian-language sources). Patriarchal Attitudes: Russian


OSW: Centre for Eastern Studies · 19 March 2024 English

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World Bank Group · 14 March 2024 English

elaboration of the course material Didactics of t he Russian language in the P rimary education speciality IDA /


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 14 March 2024 English

The Putin power model is heading into the March 2024 presidential election heavily reliant on two unstable mainstays: passive conformism and fear—the latter amplified by the sudden death of the …

the book market, changing the rules of the Russian language by abolishing feminine gender-specific job


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 13 March 2024 English

Under Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Armenia has regularly discussed scaling back its traditionally close ties with Russia. Each time, Moscow could have pointed out that trade volumes were stable, military …

plenty of Armenians with pro-Russian views; the Russian language is widely used in Armenia; and Russian media


RAND Corporation · 12 March 2024 English

This report is part of a larger RAND study on the societal foundations of national competitiveness. The authors surveyed Chinese and Russian thinking about the qualities of nations that tend …

competitive standing. We reviewed Chinese- and Russian-language sources, official and unofficial, as well


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