Russia's new dictionary redefines 'authoritarianism' as a positive force, characterized by 'limited public participation'.

The number of words in the most comprehensive Russian dictionary is just a third of the number of entries in the Oxford English Dictionary, but what does it say about their real numbers? The first ...

Arguably, the word “to drink” has more synonyms than any other in Russian. “To yank,” “to nip,” “to cut into,” “to knock back.” – all these verbs, and many others, are used in Russian to refer to the ...