The reviewed chapter in a collective monograph devoted to the relationship between language, politics, and society, is of interest in the light of the changing model of migration and language policy in the Russian Federation. The extensive geography of sociolinguistic research by K. Davis proves the high conflict potential of any model of language policy in the realities of postcolonial countries. The situation of Russian multilingualism does not coincide with the author's description of postcolonial linguistic conflicts, but it requires monitoring the state of linguistic and political processes and the perception of language policy by the population.
linguistic anthropology; language conflict; language policy; postcolonialism; hegemony; prestige.