In recent months the Russian press corps has been honing its euphemistic language skills, wondering how to talk crap.

In Russian, neither a Scrooge nor a Plyushkin be!

When you begin to learn Russian, you may be a bit puzzled by two “nows”: теперь and сейчас. Let's clear this up, right NOW.

In Russian, as in English, it isn’t nice to call someone “stupid.” But sometimes you just have to say it.

This spring, a ruckus roiling US-Russian relations was one for the history books: It was the first spat that involved a children’s playground taunt.

How a little bit of stress in the wrong place and turn writing into urination.

2020 will surely go down in Russian history as one of the most word-productive years since the changes of 1917 and 1992.

Superstitious Russians — 99 percent of my acquaintances — believe that any високосный год (leap year) is an unlucky year. I scoffed until 2020.

Some linguistic tips on how to be a good dinner guest.

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.

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

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.”