Newspaper Russian: A Vocabulary of Administrative and Commercial Idiom with English Translations

Like its sister volumes for French, German, Italian and Spanish, this handbook is intended to fill a gap in the range of dictionaries currently available. It is an up‐to‐date guide to the distinctive vocabulary, usage and idiom of contemporary Russian as found in press, radio and television.

Once upon a time, the prerequisite for fathoming the depths of Pravda, Izvestia,All‐Union Radio and the myriad media outlets of the USSR was acquaintance with the arcane terminology of Marxism‐Leninism. No more! There have been huge transformations since the death of Konstantin Chernenko in early 1985. All subsequent economic and political changes...