Latvia is not the only Baltic country struggling to integrate Russian-speakers. Alar Karis, Estonia’s president, recently ...
As Syrian rebels now surround Russia’s two main bases in Syria, Russian war blogger Rybar writes on Telegram: “Russia’s military presence in the Middle East region hangs by a thread.” Gunfire is heard ...
OK, I took some liberties with the translation—but not a lot. She wrote, "НЕТ В***Е," which most Russians today would interpret as "НЕТ ВОЙНЕ," which means "No to War." But she testified she meant, ...
The Department of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) offers a wide variety of fascinating courses in both English and Russian. Courses in Russian language and literature may also be ...
Wikipedia has discovered that a contributor had been falsifying the history of the Qing Dynasty and the history of Russia on its Chinese-language site. An investigation by the online encyclopedia ...
Students in the Siberian city of Irkutsk can now learn the Russian alphabet together with a hearty helping of the new political correctness, "The Siberian Times" reported on May 5. A pro-Kremlin group ...
Language is harmfully intertwined with politics these days in Eurasia. The swirling debates are raising questions about the boundaries of Russianness. There has been considerable speculation over ...
According to the writer Adam Gopnik, "We breathe in our first language and swim in our second." But for many Russophone Ukrainians, the war against their country that Russia launched in 2014 and ...
A video posted on social media captured the moment Russian tennis star, Andrey Rublev, wrote "No war please" on the camera following a win on Friday. "World #7 tennis player Andrey Rublev of Russia ...
A good Russian accent, such as the one Viggo Mortensen uses as Nikolai Luzhov in 2007’s “Eastern Promises,” brings an air of authenticity and drama to a performance. A bad one, however, like Arnold ...
The Russian-labeled candy bars are a reminder of how difficult it is to completely disconnect a major economy from the global flow of goods.