Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born in Crimea and raised in Kherson, journalist Yevheniia Virlych grew up speaking both Ukrainian and Russian in her daily life.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A vast majority of Russian-speaking Ukrainians — those how primarily speak Russian at home — view Russia negatively, according to ...

By Eurasianet The adoption of a new constitution in Kazakhstan that downgraded the status of the Russian language has animated debates in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan about de-emphasising Russian. The ...

The complex language history of Russia and Ukraine long ago set the stage for today’s conflict between the two countries. In an impassioned speech to the Russian parliament in March 2014, Russia’s ...

Growing up in the bilingual city of Kyiv in the 1990s, I studied the Ukrainian language like a museum object—intensely, but at a distance, never quite feeling all of its textures or bringing it home.

EADaily, March 15th, 2026. Lviv children easily learn Russian from visitors and begin to speak it. This is because the ...

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 — ...

June 6 was declared International Russian language day by the United Nations in 2010 to coincide with the birthday of Aleksandr Pushkin, considered the father of modern Russian literature. In terms of ...