
Russian Won’t Be Kyrgyzstan’s Lingua Franca for Long
Analysis Russian Won’t Be Kyrgyzstan’s Lingua Franca for Long The war in Ukraine is leading to a linguistic backlash in Russophone Central Asia as young people embrace their mother tongues. April 4, 2025, 2:30 PM Comment icon View Comments () By Haley Zehrung is a journalist and photographer who has lived and worked in Kyrgyzstan,…