Russian language and literature encompasses research topics ranging from historical linguistics and general linguistic theory to sociological phenomena of the contemporary language, and from the ...

But for the Kremlin, the Russian language has become an increasingly powerful propaganda tool, used to portray Russian-speaking Ukrainians as signaling a desire to join with Russia. Moscow has ...

Before, it was also against the law to use words and phrases that didn’t conform with the norms of the contemporary literary Russian language, including obscenities MOSCOW, February 28.