Archives by Tag 'language'
Tatar as the second official language
Russian newsagents reported that the Tatar commodities have offered to establish Tatar language as the second official (state) language of the Russian Federation. They motivate their initiative by results of the last national census, when about 4% of population said that they considered themselves as the Tatars. This initiative to become the reality has to [...]
The power of bureaucracy
Russian language (alphabet) has a specific letter “ё”. I think it sounds like “yo” or something very close to this. But the presence of this letter doesn’t mean that it is in use. The most of people even they write for newspapers and magazines don’t use it. They use letter “e” instead of this specific [...]
Hello world!
Hello world! I’m a lawyer in Russia and I’ve just started to prepare for the FCE exam. The Runnig of this blog is one of the ways to improve my English. Other goal to run this blog is to share Russian legal news with the world. And maybe to discuss them. Let’s start! P.S. If [...]