Without 'Foreign' Words, Here's What Russians Can't Talk About Anymore [View all]

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You could call it cultural imperialism. You could call it nationalism. You could even call it absurd.

Except, under a new plan supported by the State Duma's Culture Committee, you really couldn't. Because the plan proposes to ban foreign words from public speech in Russia — including terms like the ones used above.

Aimed at protecting the Russian language, the new bill would see citizens face a fine for using words that have roots in another language. It would also deprive the language of some of its most interesting, complex and evocative terms — as well as making some subject matters virtually impossible to talk about.

Small talk has just gotten that much harder now that these five topics could become taboo.

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