Russian language

Latvia restricts public media from broadcasting in Russian except during emergencies

Latvia's Saeima ruled on October 1 that the country's public broadcasters may air programming in Russian only during emergencies or specifically to counter disinformation, LSM reported.

5 October, 12:00 PM

Moldovan minister refuses to take questions in Russian

Moldova's Defense Minister, Anatolie Nosatii, refused to answer a reporter who asked a question in Russian at a press conference on Aug. 12, local outlet NewsMaker reported.

12 August, 10:49 PM

Kyiv teachers fined for using Russian in class

Ukraine’s State Language Protection Commissioner Olena Ivanovska has fined two teachers at a Kyiv school UAH3,400 ($76) each for using Russian during lessons in elementary grades, Ivanovska announced on June 30.

1 July, 01:16 AM

U.S. peace plan for Ukraine shows signs of Russian language influence

U.S. peace plan for Ukraine contains phrasing that sounds unnaturally Russian when translated into English, suggesting parts were originally drafted in the Russian language, British journalist Luke Harding wrote in The Guardian on Nov. 21.

21 November 2025, 06:58 PM

Trump’s new ‘peace deal’ includes cuts to Ukrainian military, giving up land

Washington has signaled to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Ukraine should accept a U.S.-negotiated framework agreement to end the Russo–Ukrainian war on terms dictated by the Kremlin, Reuters reported on Nov. 19, citing sources.

19 November 2025, 08:37 PM

Why Ukrainian embraces feminine nouns while Russian resists them

The use of feminine nouns (femininitives) is often seen as a defining characteristic of the Ukrainian language, but how does it compare to Russian? Linguist Olena Synchak, an associate professor at the Department of Philology at the Ukrainian Catholic University and compiler of the Web Dictionary of Feminine Ukrainian Nouns, addressed this question in an interview with NV.

18 February 2025, 11:34 AM

Russian language