Putin Proposes Granting National Status to Language Policy Report — "This Is Very Important!" (Video)

What's Wrong with the Russian Language?

Published by TASS of Russia on June 3.

Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed granting national status to the report on the implementation of language policy as stipulated in the "Foundations of State Language Policy."

Putin pointed out that this means the report will be issued annually.

Putin reminded that the action plan for implementing the state policy foundation has already been approved: "I have instructed the government to ensure funding is secured and execution is carried out. I believe it is also important — very meaningful — to grant national status to the report on the implementation of language policy, and to submit it annually."

Putin also proposed splitting university philology departments this year, establishing Russian language instruction as an independent entity with a higher status than foreign languages such as German and English.

He further suggested that federal universities emulate the Crimean University by establishing an independent Russian department.

This marks the first time in Russian history that a strategic planning document has clearly defined priority tasks and core directions for the protection, development, and support of the Russian language and the languages of ethnic groups within Russia, establishing a comprehensive national language policy framework.

For a long time, the status and role of the Russian language have not received sufficient attention.

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and especially amid the Ukraine conflict, former Soviet republics and Ukraine have fully pursued de-russification, attempting to solidify territorial control at the cultural level, further intensifying ethnic tensions.

The struggle over language has become a cultural and identity-based contest surpassing military confrontation in regional conflicts such as those between Russia and Ukraine.

Therefore, Russia’s language policy profoundly influences geopolitical dynamics, social stability, and cultural landscapes in the post-Soviet space and neighboring countries.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1866923533497352/

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