Moscow is seeking a law that would make Russian the second state language in Azerbaijan, or at least make its status of lingua franca official. Azerbaijani authorities rule out granting Russian ...

The Ministry of National Education has removed a book from publication after receiving criticism for describing "the Diyarbakır dialect" without making any reference to Kurdish. The book entitled "Our ...

Russian is a state language in Belarus and Kyrgyzstan, while in Kazakhstan it is considered an official language. The distinction is largely symbolic. In most former Soviet republics, however, Russian ...