Russia's secret 'language of thieves' was invented in Stalin's Gulags. Now it's being used by cybercriminals

The tricks of the jail jargon Fenya were once used to bewilder guards in Stalin's Gulags. Now they are being used by Russian ...
Yahoo

In Belarus, the native language is vanishing as Russian takes prominence

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 ...
President of Russia

Instructions following a meeting of the Council for State Policy on Promoting the Russian Language and Languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation

The instructions issued to the Government of the Russian Federation include measures to establish Children’s Book Day, create the Russian Pushkin Society national public organisation, and provide ...
Wired

This Indigenous Language Survived Russian Occupation. Can It Survive YouTube?

When anthropology researcher Ashley McDermott was doing fieldwork in Kyrgyzstan a few years ago, she says many people voiced the same concern: Children were losing touch with their indigenous language ...

Seoul Nat'l University renames Russian language major to broaden Eastern European studies

Seoul National University's Department of Russian Language and Literature will be renamed the Department of Russian and East ...