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SEOUL. June 30 (UPI) --North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with visiting Russian Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova in Pyongyang as the two countries continue to strengthen bilateral ties, the North's ...
News Russia » Central » Culture: Russia Bets On Education To Sustain Influence In Central Asia
When a new Russian-language school opened its doors in Tajikistan's southern city of Bokhtar in 2022, thousands of locals flocked to enroll. Named after the 18th-century Russian scientist Mikhail ...
News Russia » Central » Culture: Central Asia still has a complex relationship with Russia
Statues commemorating the Soviet Union’s long-dead leaders, who once ruled an empire stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, have had their ups and downs. A Moscow metro station recently ...
News Russia » Central » Culture: How Russia bought influence over culture in the West
At 7 p.m. on Saturday, my phone lit up with a message from a colleague in Kyiv. It read: "The Lavra is bombed. It's on fire." The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, founded in 1051, is the most important religious ...
News Russia » Central » Culture: A Conversation With Mahabat Sadyrbek About the Kyrgyz Language
When a language becomes accessible, it becomes visible. And when it becomes visible, it becomes part of international scholarship and global dialogue.” ...
News Russia » Central » Culture: Central Asians in Russia-Ukraine War: From Forced Recruitment to Economic Recruitment
The Ukrainian governmental initiative “I want to live” («Хочу жить») reported recently that it has identified 12,666 citizens of Central Asia who are fighting, or have fought, on the Russian side ...