Ukrainian author Volodymyr Rafeyenko never thought he would write a novel in Ukrainian. He was a native of Donetsk, an eastern Ukrainian city where he grew up speaking Russian and completed a degree ...

Russia's war against Ukraine has prompted Odesa to remove symbols of its Russian and Soviet past. But a writer who, writing in Russian, immortalized the city's Jewish community remains as visible as ...

Russia has not only killed tens of thousands of Ukrainians and ruined much of the country's infrastructure since the start of the full-scale invasion. It has also aimed at destroying the core of ...

The first and only time I visited Ukraine was in 2019. My book “The Possessed”—a memoir I had published in 2010, about studying Russian literature—had recently been translated into Russian, along with ...

During my sophomore year of college in 2010, I picked my major: Russian. I had been studying the language and was excited for the opportunity to read literature, learn about another part of the world ...

Nearly 20,000 people in Russia have been detained for opposing the war in Ukraine and 537 people have been charged criminally, reported the Washington Post last May. Men, women, and even children and ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has launched a campaign to promote the national language after almost two decades of retreat -- to match the country's increasing economic and political confidence. Sign up ...

More than 60 media outlets and independent journalists broadcasting and writing in Russian, including those based in Latvia, have expressed support for the independent Russian television channel Dozhd ...

A century ago, author Isaac Babel immortalized the Jewish community in one of Ukraine's principal cities. He's still remembered fondly today. Russia's war against Ukraine has prompted Odesa to remove ...