MOSCOW — Those who tried to use Google Translate to switch Ukrainian into Russian this week may have found an unexpected message in their documents: The “Russian Federation” turned into “Mordor,” and Russia’s top diplomat was translated as a “sad little...

Today in St. Petersburg, Russia, the city’s first marriage between two women was officially registered. The couple, Irina Shumilov and Alain Fursova, married in one of the marriage registration halls in the city on the Neva. Official registration of the...

Лохануться: to make a stupid mistake, slang I haven’t checked The Word’s Worth mailbox in a few weeks … let’s see … lots of questions about language and current events. For example, “If France can outlaw English words, why can’t Russia?” signed by Ivan...