Putin’s propaganda machine sees the Russian language as a tool for communication with this so-called Russian world, understood as a diaspora — the Russian-speaking populations of post-Soviet countries cut off from Russia by the Soviet Union’s collapse. Because if it’s a weapon, they’ll start fighting it as a weapon. They’re fighting it anyway, but for other reasons.

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Lewis Hamilton took a step closer to equaling the Formula One win record on Saturday by clinching pole position at the Russian Grand Prix, after narrowly avoiding early... Russia has been given five more months to fix a “seriously deficient” plan to combat doping in track and field, World Athletics said Saturday. Qatar-based GWC will be a third-tier “regional” sponsor in the new category of logistics... WASHINGTON (AP) — Adam Schiff was in the audience at the 2018 Aspen Security Forum when a Microsoft executive mentioned an attempted hacking of three politicians up for reelection. The French mock the Belgians but can’t get them to use the same idiom and pronunciation as Parisians. The U.S. and the U.K. are equally important sources of English, but neither tries to force its standards on Australia or India. Why do I say so? For some of those who want to keep using the language — such as my family, for example — the Kremlin’s claim on the Russian language as a weapon or even a source of soft power isn’t valid.

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What we do wrong, we will suffer later,”... WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security denied allegations Wednesday that he molded intelligence reports to suit the administration, telling... SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Two Russian diplomats accused of spying by Bulgarian prosecutors will be expelled from the country, Bulgaria’s foreign ministry announced on Wednesday. The countries where such languages originated don’t usually have, or want, any kind of rule-setting monopoly or ownership rights on them. Let’s not use such words. Then, restrictions on Russian-language content such as those existing today in a number of post-Soviet states will become unnecessary and the “war” Putin talks about would end — just not in a way he’d like.