Publications
Slavonic languages and cultures in today’s world are pressed by English on one side and by Chinese on the other. Realizing the threat, experts in Slavic studies from different parts of the world are gathering for their second symposium at the Moscow State University. Dean of the MSU Philology Department, PhD in philology, Professor Marina Remneva, shared her concerns about Russian and tried to project the future of Slavonic languages. – What’s your vision of the future awaiting Slavonic languages in general and Russian as the global language, in particular, given the growing influence of Chinese and English which...
On the last Sunday of March our guests came to us one hour earlier than expected. “Sorry, our computer is to blame,” they excused themselves seeing our perplexity. “It automatically moved the clock hands while the time has not changed.”
We then took an hour to discuss the time reform at the table, complaining that it’s more difficult to rise early in the morning, that it gets dark almost in midday in winter, and the three-hour time difference with Europe interferes with watching live TV programs. Living in winter in the daylight saving mode appears to be inconvenient to many. While 44% of the Russian population...
In what appears to be one of the top political scandals of recent days: frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination Mitt Romney said that Russia is America’s “No. 1 geopolitical foe” and later Medvedev went out of his way to respond to this comment. The reason for all this was a private conversation between Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama that became available to media thanks to a technical error. As a result, everyone heard the US president ask for some “space” in ABM negotiations until the presidential elections conclude in America, promising that he would then “have more flexibility”...
The capital of India is hosting the Fourth BRICS Summit March 28-29. Vyacheslav Nikonov, State Duma Deputy and Director of the RusskiyMir Foundation spoke with Voice of Russia about the top priorities for the meeting and prospects for expanding the alliance.
– What role do the BRICS play?
– Over the years of their existence as a group, the BRICS’ role in the world has only increased. We remember that the world went through an economic crisis, which hit Russia as well. But it was the BRICS – primarily China, India and Brazil – who were the main drivers that helped set the course toward renewed economic growth....
A major healthcare fraud operation has been uncovered in New York. The operation, which unfolded over the course of many years, involved 10 doctors, 9 medical clinics and over 100 different companies. According to US law enforcement officials, the conspirators stole more than $279 million from private insurance companies. The operation was reportedly run by a group of former Soviet citizens – Mikhail Zemlyansky (aka Russian Mike), Michael Danilovich (aka Fat Mike), Yuriy Zayonts (aka KGB) and Mikhail Kremerman. The New York Times published an article on the story, causing quite a uproar among the Russian community in America.
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Why promote Russian language and culture abroad? What promotion tools are most efficient? How to raise the prestige of literate written and well-rounded spoken language? This was the subject of conversation between a correspondent of the Russkiy Mir site and Aleksey Shmelev, head of the Russian speech culture department at the Vinogradov Institute of Russian at RAS, Professor of the Moscow State Teachers Training University. – Is it necessary to promote Russian language and culture abroad? If so, what methods seem most effective to you?
– Any measures of promoting Russian culture, if you mean the support of Russian in diasporas,...
