TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — 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 ...

In early January, Slidstvo.Info reported children at the unregistered school were taught from Soviet-era textbooks and ...

The status of Russian remains deeply contentious in Moldova – and both Moscow and Moldova’s politicians have shown their willingness to exacerbate divisions by playing the language card. A look into ...

During my sophomore year of college in 2010, I picked my major: Russian. I had been studying the language and was excited for the opportunity to read literature, learn about another part of the world ...

On March 16, the Moldovan Parliament approved in the second reading a draft law proposed by the Action and Solidarity (PAS) faction to change the name of the state language in the constitution and all ...

The number of Russian speakers in Central Asia has declined since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, mostly due to sociodemographic factors such as the migration of ethnic Russians and population ...

According to the Russia's top diplomat, Moscow hopes that the neighbors will come to "comprehend the necessity of preserving the Russian language not because Russia wants it but because it ...

Many Ukraine citizens speak Russian as their first language. Volunteer organizations are helping them improve their Ukrainian and abandon “the occupiers’ language.” By Erika Solomon LVIV, Ukraine — ...