11.   Largely thanks to the oligarchs the word businessman became associated with crook in the Russian language.

12.   Later, Tolstich contributed articles to various publications including Novoye Russkoye Slovo, the major Russian language newspaper in New York, others said.

13.   Many of the letters focus on Russian literature and the Russian language, with Nabokov instructing Wilson on the infinite gradations of Russian that no translation can capture.

14.   No word has more significance in the Russian language than dusha, or soul.

15.   On the wrist edges are letters from the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Russian language.

16.   Regarded as the founder of the modern Russian language, Pushkin also spoke French, as was common among aristocrats of his time.

17.   She and her husband built a library devoted to this history and, after his death, she began to learn the Russian language.

18.   She has taken pains to smooth the path, telling Russian journalists in recent interviews how much she admires the Russian language and culture.

19.   The prime minister is constantly being ridiculed for his mixed metaphors, fractured grammatical constructions and gross insults to the Russian language.

20.   The Russian Orthodox Christ the Saviour Church has seen a huge growth in the numbers of children showing up for Russian language classes.