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Not because of war. Because all russia has to offer this world is destruction and learning russian is the biggest waste of time one can come up with.
Only if you don't know any russians you may think "I may communicate with them". When time comes and you meet more than 1 random example of them - you will not want to speak with them ever again.
These are facts from big numbers of people who actually konw them.
If you think "but i know a guy at work at my US company he is from russia" - mate, he is nothing like russians, and he also hides like 90% of his true self.
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Your comment was flagged but I just vouched for it because this kind of shameless xenophobia deserves to be seen.
russian is also natively spoken in Belarus, Ukraine & many ethnics minorities inside russian federation.
it is delightfully damning that you people say such things out loud :)
I'm teaching my son Russian and English now as well as the rich culture. I can also teach him to think critically and NOT support war.
I'm sorry your experience has been so one sided, we all have different persepctives.