Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the number of people studying Ukrainian on Duolingo, a language learning website and mobile app, has increased by more than 500%. Most of those who are taking up ...

File photo: A protester holds a placard that reads 'Together to Victory' during a rally to show unity and support of Ukrainian integrity in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa. | Oleksandr Gimanov / ...

A good Russian accent, such as the one Viggo Mortensen uses as Nikolai Luzhov in 2007’s “Eastern Promises,” brings an air of authenticity and drama to a performance. A bad one, however, like Arnold ...

Lady Gaga‘s dialect coach on House of Gucci has said her accent is “more Russian” than Italian. The musician and actor plays Patrizia Reggiani in Ridley Scott’s biopic about the notorious murder of ...