ALMATY – Growing up in Esil, a predominantly Russian-speaking town in northern Kazakhstan, Aleksei Skalozubov didn’t feel the need to speak Kazakh, the country’s state language. The situation didn’t ...

There are days when I think that not knowing Russian makes my life simpler. Explaining why I speak two languages feels complicated. I am ethnically Kazakh, yet Russian entered my life through the long ...

The Department of German and Russian Studies explores the interconnections between history, society, culture, and language within German- and Russian- speaking countries. The department offers a ...

The issue of the Ukrainian language and who speaks it has become highly politicised during the Russian invasion. Vladimir Putin has even used it as a cover to annex some occupied areas of Ukraine with ...

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the parties will exchange views on the topical issues of the use of the Russian language in international practice, and discuss the main areas ...