Belarusians are experiencing a new wave of Russification as Moscow expands its economic, political and cultural dominance to ...

This isn't unprecedented. During the czarist and Soviet eras, Russia imposed its language, symbols, and cultural institutions on Belarus. However, after the USSR dissolved in 1991, Belarus began to ...

Russia under the czars and in the era of the Soviet Union imposed its language, symbols and cultural institutions ... and government officials often don't use their native tongue.

Russia under the czars and in the era of the Soviet Union imposed its language, symbols and cultural institutions ... and government officials often don't use their native tongue.

In Belarus, the Native Language Is Vanishing as Russian ... Russia under the czars and in the era of the Soviet Union imposed its language, symbols and cultural institutions on Belarus.

(AP Photo, File) FILE – A protester holds a red-and-white flag that was a symbol of the opposition ... being deliberately deprived of their native language, history and Belarusian identity ...