Who owns Russian? And who owns English?
Arguments about language become arguments about authority, belonging, and cultural ownership. Russian and English raise the same political question: who gets to define a language from the center, and who is left speaking from the margins.
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Timeline in this language
- Newer: Why Medvedev's resignation and Putin's amendments changed nothing — The Moscow Times • 2020-01-17
- Older: Why shoot Navalny if you can bankrupt him — The Moscow Times • 2019-10-30
Timeline from this source
- Newer: Why Medvedev's resignation and Putin's amendments changed nothing — The Moscow Times • 2020-01-17
- Older: Why shoot Navalny if you can bankrupt him — The Moscow Times • 2019-10-30
Recent in this language
- Dekoder on Sputnik V approval and Russian vaccine messaging — Dekoder • 2021-04-01
- Bloomberg quotes Klishin on Russia’s Twitter crackdown — Bloomberg • 2021-03-10
- The Capitol Storming Gives Russians an Escape From Their Reality — The Moscow Times • 2021-01-14
- Warning! An Army of Russian Trolls Has Invaded TikTok — The Moscow Times • 2020-12-18
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- Dekoder sobre Sputnik V, la UE y la narrativa rusa de vacunación — Dekoder • 2021-04-01
- Dekoder sur Sputnik V, l’UE et la communication vaccinale russe — Dekoder • 2021-04-01
- Bloomberg zitiert Klishin zur Twitter-Drosselung in Russland — Bloomberg • 2021-03-10