Russian-Speakers in Finland. The Ambiguities of a Growing Minority

Hannes Viimaranta, Ekaterina Protassova and Arto Mustajoki

Revue d'études comparatives Est-Ouest, 2018, vol. N° 4, issue 4, 95-128

Abstract: Russian-speakers in Finland are the country?s largest (and growing) immigrant group. Despite their ethnic diversity and their willingness to integrate in Finnish society, they are often framed in Finnish discourse as ?representatives? of Russia with dual loyalties. They are also being simultaneously developed, by different political agents, as both a Finnish and a Russian cultural minority. The article examines the tensions between these different framings, describes the educational and cultural provisions for Russian-speakers in Finland, and gives an overview of various institutions that they themselves have created. Issues of language rights and cultural maintenance receive particular attention.

Keywords: Russian-speakers in Finland; minority language rights; integration policy; dual loyalty; Russian-language media; language and culture maintenance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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