Those with a careful eye will note that we have a very specific way of referring to the conflict in Ukraine: Russia’s War on Ukraine.

Some foreigners are traveling to Russia to enlist in the army.

One hundred and sixty-seven years on, a Dostoyevsky novella is seeing a resurgence in popularity. 

On how changing stress or a few letters can make all the difference.

Women discuss their decisions to adopt a "matronymic," honoring their mothers, rather than the traditional Russian patronymic.

Speaking Russian in this time of war is as much about the words you cannot say as those you can.

Memes generated by Russia's stark new reality are affecting language and usage.

The Russian Supreme Court upholds a Kafkaesque ban on Navalny using prison slang.

War has a way of changing the language, and not necessarily for the better.

Moldova has passed a law labeling Romanian its national language amid suspected Moscow-fueled protests.