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Russian Push in Africa Accompanies Unrest
In Niger and Burkina Faso (West Africa), Russian-language billboards began to appear after Russian-backed coups booted out US and French soldiers in 2022 and 2023. Nearby in Nigeria, a massive citizen protest in August...
New Immigrants May Not Require Russian
According to the independent Moscow Times, President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing foreign citizens and stateless individuals to apply for temporary residency in the country if they share “traditional Russian spiritual and...
Plan to Restore Russian in Vietnam
There is a new Russian–Vietnamese plan to bring the learning of Russian back to Vietnamese schools, despite English and Chinese being the most popular world languages in the country. In a joint statement issued...
Young Russians Learning Chinese
According to a report last month in China Daily, “The surge in demand for Chinese lessons in Russia reflects the nation’s shift toward the East as tensions escalate between Moscow and the West.”
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Latvia Drops Russian from Schools
Latvia’s Cabinet of Ministers has unanimously and without debate approved new education rules that plan for the gradual rejection of studying Russian as a second foreign language in schools from 2026.
“This is good...
Russian in Turkmenistan
Last month, the Dunya Turkmenleri (Turkmen of the World) radio program, produced by Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL’s) Turkmen Service, launched a series of talks looking at current and historical trends of Russian-language...
Russian Schools Begin to Offer Swahili and Amharic
In Russia's capital Moscow, three schools have introduced the teaching of either Swahili or Amharic as a second foreign language this fall.
According to Sputnik Africa, the new step in language education for young Russians...
Russian Citizens Take Language Test to Avoid Latvian Expulsion
The Latvian government has demanded more than 20,000 Russian citizens take a language test to avoid deportation and ‘prove loyalty’ to Latvia.
Despite these citizens living in Latvia, they have chosen to keep or apply...
Kyiv Rejects Russian
According to a survey, 33% of Kyiv’s residents have switched from speaking Russian to Ukrainian since Putin’s invasion a year ago. About 46% said they had been speaking Ukrainian for a long time, while...
Activists warn Russian languages are disappearing faster than data suggests
Activists in Russia have warned that hundreds of rare languages spoken by Russia’s ethnic and indigenous minorities are disappearing at an alarming rate.
It is thought by linguistic experts that these languages are becoming obsolete...
