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The main Russian Federation language is Russian which is one of the most widely spoken Slavic languages and is spoken by most of the Russian population. The Russian language is the officially accepted national Russian Federation language and it is the fundamental duty of Russian citizens to promote the growth and usage of this language.
The citizens however, also have the right to use their own state languages and these languages are practiced along with the official Russian language.
The Russian language is a descendant of the Indo-European language and is one of the three existent languages of the East Slavic group of languages. The Russian language does not emphasize on the use of stressed symbols and there is a clear distinction between hard and soft sounds. Russian however, is not only popular in Russia but is also used widely in different parts of the world. About 60% of the total information in the world magazines is published in Russian language and it is still one of the official languages of the United Nations.
Apart from the Russian language, the other commonly used languages in the Russian Federation include English, Ukrainian and Belarusian. In fact, Belarusian is one of the ethnic languages of the Russian territory and was widely used by people of earlier ages.
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