List of countries where Russian is an official language

This is a list of countries and territories where Russian is an official language:

Contents 1 Countries where Russian is an Official Language 2 Regions where Russian is an Official Language 3 Organisations which have Russian as an Official Language 4 Other 5 Map of the Russo-phone World 6 References

Countries where Russian is an Official Language

•  Russia (state)
•  Belarus (2-nd state)
•  Kazakhstan (2-nd official)
•  Kyrgyzstan (2-nd official)
•  Tajikistan (official inter-ethnic communication)

Regions where Russian is an Official Language

 Georgia

•  Abkhazia (de-facto independent)^[1][2]
•  South Ossetia (de-facto independent)^[2][3]

 Moldova:

•  Gagauzia
•  Transnistria (de-facto independent)

 Romania:

• A number of municipalities County Tulcea and Constanta

 Norway:

• Russian Economic Zone in Spitsbergen

 USA:

• New York State (election documents^[4])

Organisations which have Russian as an Official Language

 United Nations

• IAEA
  
•  UNESCO
  
•  WHO
  
• International Civil Aviation Organization
  

 CIS

Eurasian Economic Community
Collective Security Treaty Organisation
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty

Other

In addition to the above mentioned countries in which Russian is an official language, there are several other countries where Russian, though not official, is an important secondary language. These include:

•  Armenia
•  Azerbaijan
•  Estonia
•  Ukraine not documented as the official, however in practice it is the most preferred with closer proximity to Russia (business, government, media, everyday communication)
•  Georgia
•  Israel
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Mongolia
•  Turkmenistan
•  Uzbekistan

Map of the Russo-phone World

References

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