North Korea has mandated Russian as a foreign language for its elementary school children – a further sign of Moscow’s increasing ties with the hermit kingdom stemming from its invasion of Ukraine.

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 ...

This picture taken on August 16, 2024 and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on August 17, 2024 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting the April 25 ...

Return to the School of Russian and refresh your language skills during our Refresher Course, designed for alumni or other students with a solid foundation in Russian who have been away from the ...

Photoshop CC tutorial showing how to create a vintage, Russian Constructivist poster.

Language Ombudsman Olena Ivanovska urged lawmakers on Oct. 15 to strip Russian from the list of languages granted special protection under its updated draft law for the European Charter for Regional ...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is proud to announce the launch of Svoboda+, the newest addition to the Svoboda Satellite package. Broadcast free-to-air via Hotbird 13E, Svoboda+ offers a unique blend ...

Russian-speaking Ukrainians are among the main victims of Vladimir Putin’s invasion, and many have served in the Ukrainian army. The call to “decolonize” Ukraine by banishing Russian ignores this, ...

Windows 11 is available for download worldwide. Microsoft has released it as a free upgrade, which means you do not need to pay to upgrade your computer to Windows 11. It is available for free ...

Uzbekistan’s Gen Z is tired of the Russian language’s privileged status in the country. According to government statistics, approximately 2.1 percent of the country’s 37.5 million people are ...

Where’s the line between diversity and exoticism? Between representation and plain cultural appropriation? Back when I was still a journalist in Moscow, I once found myself at the center of a social ...

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