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Surzhyk: why Ukrainians are increasingly speaking a hybrid language that used to be a marker of rural backwardness

Once reviled as a ‘humiliating’ Russified form of the language, now Surzhyk is emerging as a tool for Russian speakers to ...

Russia Ukraine News Live: Ukrainians discard Russian-language books in cultural shift since invasion

Welcome to our live blog tracking the latest news from Russia Ukraine. Get real-time updates on Russia-Ukraine war, policy decisions, legislative actions, headline-grabbing statements and various ...

The Language Ombudsman of Ukraine recognized Kiev as a Russian-speaking city

On September 15, the Language Ombudsman of Ukraine, Elena Ivanovskaya, acknowledged that Kiev remains a Russian-speaking city.In an interview with Glavkom, she commented on the journalist's words that ...
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Ukraine debunks fake story about punishment in Ukrainian schools for speaking Russian

The aggressor country spread disinformation online about so-called language patrols in Ukrainian schools, which allegedly ...

Putin gave his final words at Alaska summit in English, a language he speaks more of than he usually lets on

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s final words at the Alaska summit were delivered with a smile, spoken in an uncharacteristic burst of English.