Born in Crimea and raised in Kherson, journalist Yevheniia Virlych grew up speaking both Ukrainian and Russian in her daily life. It wasn’t until 2022, when she and her family lived through the ...

As a foreigner in Ukraine, I often hesitate to speak on certain social issues. Despite living here for nearly a decade, I know that my American upbringing still limits how deeply I can feel what my ...

Despite Russia's war of aggression and ongoing Ukrainization, Russian is still often spoken in school playgrounds. Why? DW spoke with students, parents, teachers and experts. After Russia's full-scale ...

In preparing the ground for his invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote an essay articulating his belief that Russians and Ukrainians are one people. He defended this belief ...

Latvia is not the only Baltic country struggling to integrate Russian-speakers. Alar Karis, Estonia’s president, recently ...

A vast majority of Russian-speaking Ukrainians — those how primarily speak Russian at home — view Russia negatively, according to a survey published on May 27 by Kyiv-based think tank Razumkov Center ...

In an online post on the tiny Turkmen corner of TikTok earlier this month, a user introducing herself as a female singer complained of being language-shamed during an interview for a gig at a ...

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This is part of a weekly series introducing readers to individuals who are passionate about our Mid-Valley community. Learning a new language is hard, and Lola Burkovskaya, originally from Kyrgyzstan, ...

Its participants "will discuss topical issues of preserving, strengthening, and developing of the Russian-speaking space and tools to promote and support the Russian language across the globe, ...