Język rosyjski w polityce językowej niepodległej Białorusi i Mołdawi
The impact of the Russian language on the language policy of independent Belarus and Moldova

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to analyze the position of the Russianlanguage in the policy of independent Belarus and Moldova. The author draws attention to the legal status of Russian and analyzes the number of people who use Russian to communicate in both countries. In considerations on the ethnopolitics of the Russian Federation towards the Russian minority in the CIS countries, attention is focused on the activity of the state to maintain contact with Russians living outside the "historic homeland". Lastly, the author notes that the Russian language plays an important role in shaping the socio-political reality of independent Belarus and Moldova, and its development in these countries corresponds with Russia's policy towards compatriots abroad.

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