Is Russian the ‘new English’?

You may think this is a bold statement, but I am confident Russian it is going to replace the importance that the English language has represented and held worldwide for a long time. Beyond my delusional ideas, it is au contraire statistically proved that the 2.33% of the world population speaks Russian.

There are, indeed 5 East European countries where the language is officially spoken as first language and 11 more countries where Russian represents the second official language.

But that is not all.

Everywhere in the web, either you are looking for a job or for a place where to enjoy your next holidays; Russian seems to be the key word.

Airports are recruiting Russian speakers employees, famous touristic destinations are (more and more) looking for people who can at least stammer few basic Russian’s words and if you are the type that strives for more, well get ready to see Cyrillic letters everywhere.

Effectively, many of the International Organisations (about 12) have adopted Russian as part of their requirements in order to be one of their officials, representatives or even if you are just applying for being a bartender downstairs at the reception of The United Nations or the UNESCO, I am afraid you need to be able to offer your help in Russian my dear friend.

I have been studying Russian for about 9 months now. Although it is a very hard language to learn, I am really enjoying knowing more about Russia and its people. I also know that to travel from the UK to Russia can now be done at little expense.

In fact, as the Russian economy seems to decline rapidly, travelling from Western Europe to Russian’s destinations appears to be a smart and low-cost choice at the present moment. However, you might have to contain your excitement about travelling to Russia because they do speak little English.

Hence, ready, set, go and start learning Russian.

Удачи мои друзья!

(Good luck my friends!)