A look at avian idioms and phrases you will find useful in helping your Russian take flight. (Meanwhile, brush up on your bird names here.)

Russian grammar is tough, even for the Russians that make official constitutional-referendum ballots.

As the коронавирусная пандемия (the coronavirus pandemic) still affects just about every aspect of our lives, it has, of course, been changing the way we speak.

A beet-based cold soup to spice up your summer soirees...

In this issue's language learning section, we let a little sunshine in...

School certificates in the city of Tolyatti were declared void due to spelling errors.

This issue's language column looks at famous war movies.

No matter what Russia does, it can’t seem to dam up the flood of Anglicisms.

“People here usually say to me: you are different than we thought and from the way American people are shown on TV. And I am happy.” 

– Sean Quirk, an American who has been living in Tuva, Siberia for almost 20 years, and knowns the Tuvan language better than Russian

Guard duty sends an old villager back to school, and down a broad and dusty lane full of memories.

If you believe the papers, Russia is in the grips of протестное настроение, which literally means a mood for protest, but which might be better translated as “loaded for bear.”

In this issue we look at the shape of things Russian.