Can we speak Russian – in English?

By Andrey Kitashov. “Thank God we speak Russian” someone replied in response to a Facebook post on English-language citations as a criterion for international university rankings. This reaction embraces virtually everything that the ‘internationalised’ educator faces in Russia. Not a surprise: Russians are reasonably proud of their history, rich in cultural and scientific achievements, all clearly documented in Russian. But, what about the rest of the world, one could argue? That is where the problem seems to be rooted. More...