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1. Everyone Understands What's Going On

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

Tags: russian, language
2. Touchpoints

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

Tags: neologisms, russian, language
3. Mark My Words

A St. Petersburg legislator initiated legal action against Putin for calling the war in Ukraine "war," violating his own laws.

Tags: dissent, language, law, vladimir putin, war in ukraine
4. English Gains in Russia

Annual rating of English language proficiency worldwide shows Russia holding steady, notwithstanding anti-Western propaganda and travel bans.

Tags: education, language, english
5. Russian and Me

A translator with Russian roots ruminates on her past, and what it means to be a Russophile today.

Tags: history, literature, language
6. Scratch a Russian Word...

...and you are likely to find a Tatar one beneath it. We dig into the sordid details.

Tags: language, history, mongol, tatar
7. Steppe, by Anton Chekhov

What could be more appropriate than to take a trip with Chekhov across the Ukrainian steppe?

Tags: language, chekhov, ukraine
8. Strengthening Communication

The English language may soon become Ukraine's business lingua franca.

Tags: economy, business, war in ukraine, Ukraine, english, language
9. Watch Where You Step

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

Tags: Russian, language, euphemisms
10. Six Chances, One Wordle

The newly released Wordle game now has a Russian language version! Go try it out! 

Tags: 2022, language, social media, russian language, games

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