Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born in Crimea and raised in Kherson, journalist Yevheniia Virlych grew up speaking both Ukrainian and Russian in her daily life.

(Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that what it has described for more than two years as its "special military operation" in Ukraine had "become a war" because of the involvement of the West. Here ...

June 6 was declared International Russian language day by the United Nations in 2010 to coincide with the birthday of Aleksandr Pushkin, considered the father of modern Russian literature. In terms of ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian immigration chiefs on Friday proposed compulsory language tests for foreigners wanting to work in Russia, the latest in a series of measures to tighten up on immigration. A ...

A new Russian law regulating public signage may appear to be a minor administrative change. But in practice, the move will further marginalize Russia’s Indigenous languages by shutting them out of the ...

In late 2025, Russia launched a new Russian-language television channel in Kyrgyzstan, aiming to extend the reach of Kremlin-friendly messaging in Central Asia. The initiative highlights the enduring ...

TALLINN, Estonia — When school started this year for Mikalay in Belarus, the 15-year-old discovered that his teachers and administrators no longer called him by that name. Instead, they referred to ...

From March 2026, publicly visible signs and billboards in Russia will only be allowed to be in Russian. Putin wants to ban foreign words from the streets and protect the language.