Russian - Still a world language?

The Russian language is one of the most spoken languages worldwide, both in terms of native speakers and speakers of Russian as a second language. Russia uses Russian as a soft power, promoting Russian literature: Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Nabokov, Turgenev and Pasternak. But is Russia's aggressive politics damaging Russia's soft power? Is the language of an empire suffering because of Russian expansionism? This topic about Russia is controversial due to Kremlin propaganda about the Russian-speakers of Ukraine, but what is the history of the Russian language in Ukraine? Were Ukrainian speakers repressed? Are Russian speakers repressed in Ukraine now? 🔵 Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos:    / @centreforeasternstudies   🔵 Follow us on Twitter:   / osw_eng   ➡️ More OSW long-form reports and analysis in English here: https://www.osw.waw.pl/en