Russian philology
in the world and diminution of the total population in Russia (where Russian is an official
language). The collapse of the Soviet Union and reduction in influence of Russia also has
reduced the popularity of the Russian language in the rest of the world.
According to figures published in 2006 in the journal "Demoskop Weekly" research deputy
director of Research Center for Sociological Research of the Ministry of Education and
Science (Russia) Arefyev A. L., the Russian language is gradually losing its position in the
world in general, and in Russia in particular. In 2012, A. L. Arefyev published a new study
"Russian language at the turn of the 20th-21st centuries", in which he confirmed his
conclusion about the trend of further weakening of the Russian language in all regions of the
world (findings published in 2013 in the journal "Demoskop Weekly"). In the countries of the
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