Meetings
Understand what is being discussed and join the conversation when you have something to add. Practise clarifying, interrupting and disagreeing politely.
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Speak Russian at work without relying on memorised phrases.
We start with the situations you actually deal with at work: meetings, updates, presentations, messages, feedback and conversations with colleagues.
You may know exactly what you want to say at work, but saying it quickly and naturally in Russian is a different challenge. That is what we practise.
Understand what is being discussed and join the conversation when you have something to add. Practise clarifying, interrupting and disagreeing politely.
Give a short update, explain what is slowing the work down and agree on what happens next.
Prepare the Russian you need for a presentation — including transitions, key points and answers to likely questions.
Work on real examples of messages you need to send and how formal or direct they should sound.
Practise discussing changes, responding to comments and explaining why you agree or disagree.
Practise introductions, conversations before and after meetings, small talk and other situations that rarely appear in textbooks.
A product manager, engineer, consultant and researcher use Russian differently at work. We look at what you regularly need to do in Russian and practise the language you can use in those situations again.
I also offer Business Russian for international employees and small groups. Lessons can be adapted to the team’s Russian level, job roles and the situations they deal with at work — from meetings and updates to client conversations, professional writing and industry vocabulary.
Answers to common questions about Business Russian lessons.
You can start at any level. If you are a beginner, we first work on the Russian you need for basic workplace communication. If you already speak Russian, we can go straight to the situations that are difficult for you.
Yes, if you are allowed to share them. Please remove confidential information first. If you cannot share the original documents, we can recreate a similar situation for the lesson.
Yes. We can work with emails, chat messages, presentation slides and written updates as well as speaking.
Yes. Tell me what you do and which words or situations come up regularly at work, and we can use them in lessons.
Bring one work situation that is difficult for you in Russian, and we can use it during the trial lesson.