Editing Russians (section)

==Language==
{{Main|Russian language}}
[[Russian language|Russian]] is the [[official language|official]] and the predominantly spoken language in Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.constitution.ru/en/10003000-04.htm|title=Chapter 3. The Federal Structure|quote="1. The Russian language shall be a state language on the whole territory of the Russian Federation."|work= [[Constitution of Russia]] |access-date=22 April 2015|archive-date=9 May 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200509113142/http://www.constitution.ru/en/10003000-04.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> It is the most-spoken native language in Europe,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tandem.net/10-most-spoken-languages-europe|title=The 10 Most Spoken Languages in Europe|work= [[Tandem (app)|Tandem]]|date= 12 September 2019|access-date= 31 May 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215325/https://www.tandem.net/10-most-spoken-languages-europe|url-status=live}}</ref> the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia,<ref name="language">{{cite web|url=https://learn.utoronto.ca/programs-courses/languages-and-translation/language-learning/russian|title=Russian|publisher= [[University of Toronto]] |quote= "Russian is the most widespread of the Slavic languages and the largest native language in Europe. Of great political importance, it is one of the official languages of the United Nations – making it a natural area of study for those interested in geopolitics."|access-date=9 July 2021|archive-date=12 August 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210812061133/https://learn.utoronto.ca/programs-courses/languages-and-translation/language-learning/russian|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as the world's most widely spoken [[Slavic languages|Slavic language]].<ref name="language"/> Russian is the third-most used language on the [[Internet]] after [[English language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_language|title=Usage statistics of content languages for websites|website= W3Techs|access-date= 24 October 2023|archive-date= 25 March 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200325113425/https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_language|url-status=live}}</ref> and is one of two official languages aboard the [[International Space Station]],<ref>{{cite web|last= Wakata|first= Koichi|author-link= Koichi Wakata|url=https://global.jaxa.jp/article/special/expedition/wakata01_e.html|title=My Long Mission in Space|publisher= [[JAXA]]|quote="The official languages on the ISS are English and Russian, and when I was speaking with the Flight Control Room at JAXA's Tsukuba Space Center during ISS systems and payload operations, I was required to speak in either English or Russian."|access-date=18 July 2021|archive-date=11 March 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200311062633/https://global.jaxa.jp/article/special/expedition/wakata01_e.html|url-status= live}}</ref> as well as one of the six [[official languages of the United Nations]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.un.org/en/our-work/official-languages |title= Official Languages|newspaper= [[United Nations]]|quote= "There are six official languages of the UN. These are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. The correct interpretation and translation of these six languages, in both spoken and written form, is very important to the work of the Organization, because this enables clear and concise communication on issues of global importance."|access-date= 16 July 2021|archive-date= 13 July 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210713075145/https://www.un.org/en/our-work/official-languages |url-status=live}}</ref>